Associated PressStudentsOfficials Looking for Ways to Ease Shortage of Nursing TeachersFARGO N.D. Ways to encourage graduate students to consider teaching, and the use of private money to supplement faculty wages, are among the ideas being discussed to ease a shortage of nursing teachers in the region.October 29, 2007HomeUniversity Foundations in Iowa Earn Double-digit Returns on InvestmentsDES MOINES Iowa The state’s three public university endowments earned double-digit returns on investments last fiscal year, foundation records show.October 29, 2007HomeChef Program Turns College Cafeterias into Gourmet DestinationsPHILADELPHIA In the dormitory dining hall, opposite the Jell-O cups and the pizza station, a gourmet meal awaited: Fenugreek-braised beef short ribs served on a schmear of apple-celery root puree, topped by shrimp poached in olive oil and garlic.October 29, 2007Faculty & StaffUniversity of Tennessee Faculty Demands Computer System ImprovementsKNOXVILLE Tenn. University of Tennessee professors, frustrated by e-mail outages and Internet security concerns, are demanding improvements in the university’s computer system.October 29, 2007StudentsUniversity Fee Policy Set For Revamp, But Not Everyone’s on BoardPORTLAND, Ore. The University of Oregon and Eastern Oregon University have an “energy surcharge.” Portland State’s got a “student services” fee. And every university in the state tacks on a little extra for the privilege of using the school’s computer system.October 29, 2007Tribal CollegesNew Pact Makes It Easier for Menominee Students to Transfer to UW-MadisonMADISON Wis. Menominee students will have an easier time transferring to the University of Wisconsin-Madison thanks to a new agreement between the university and a tribal college.October 29, 2007HomeImproving High School Graduation Rates A New Federal PriorityWASHINGTON It’s a nickname no principal could be proud of: “Dropout Factory,” a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. That dubious distinction applies to more than one in 10 high schools across the United States.October 29, 2007HomeNAACP Wants Apology From Overstock ChiefThe founder of Overstock.com rejected the NAACP’s demand for an apology last week after an Internet video surfaced of him saying that Utah minorities who don’t graduate from high school might as well be burned or thrown away.October 28, 2007SportsUniversity of Illinois Allows Chief Illiniwek Images in Homecoming ParadeCHAMPAIGN, Ill. Chief Illiniwek may be gone, but images depicting the controversial University of Illinois mascot will stick around at least during homecoming.October 28, 2007HomeAlums Donate $85M to UW-Madison Business School to Keep NameMADISON Wis. A group of alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Madison are donating $85 million so the Wisconsin School of Business doesn’t change its name.October 28, 2007Previous PagePage 368 of 569Next Page