Associated PressCommunity CollegesStudy: Foreign Language Courses See Gains on CampusForeign language courses are booming on American college campuses, a new study finds, with enrollment in Arabic more than doubling from 2002 to 2006.November 12, 2007HomeBlacks More Pessimistic About Racial Progress, Study FindsWASHINGTON Growing numbers of Blacks say they’re worse off than five years ago and don’t expect their lives to improve, a study released Tuesday shows. Black pessimism about racial progress in America, according to the study, is the worst it’s been in more than two decades.November 12, 2007African-AmericanVa. Memorial to Honor 2 Md. Slaves Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s CabinALEXANDRIA Va. In a city well known for famous slaveholders George Washington and Robert E. Lee, an office building planned on the site of a notorious slave pen will provide its first monument to slaves.November 12, 2007Leadership & PolicyCollege President Salaries on the Rise AgainCollege presidents are getting healthy raises, and a dozen at private universities earn $1 million or more including benefits, according to a new survey published Monday.November 12, 2007SportsP&G Ad Effort Focuses on Black WomenCINCINNATI There’s a little-girl memory that Najoh Tita-Reid recounts, as a way of explaining what’s behind a new campaign by the nation’s biggest advertiser.November 12, 2007Recruitment & RetentionLa. Higher Ed Board Looking at Ways to Restructure State College SpendingBATON ROUGE La. Plans proposed by the state’s higher education governing board to restructure public college funding in Louisiana to reward schools based on their performance rather than enrollment would cost the state about $35 million more annually.November 12, 2007StudentsJournalism Professor Ousted as ColumnistCOLUMBIA Mo. A distinguished University of Missouri-Columbia journalism professor will no longer write a weekly newspaper column after admitting he plagiarized material from a student reporter.November 12, 2007Native AmericansMontana State University Project Aimed at Ending Shortage of American Indian EducatorsPIERRE, S.D. A federal grant is funding an effort to recruit, educate and place more American Indians as administrators in schools that have larger numbers of Indian students.November 12, 2007Asian American Pacific IslanderUniversity of Nevada, Reno Enrolls Highest Number of Students of ColorRENO Nev. Nearly one-fifth of the students at the University of Nevada, Reno identify themselves as students of color, the most diverse enrollment in school history, UNR officials said.November 11, 2007InternationalNumber of Students Studying Abroad RisesGrowing numbers of U.S. colleges and universities are sending more students abroad for international study opportunities, and to a wider range of countries.November 11, 2007Previous PagePage 352 of 569Next Page
