Associated PressLatinxKing of Spain Bestows Honor on William and Mary ProfessorWILLIAMSBURG Va. The king of Spain is honoring a College of William and Mary professor with his country’s highest cultural achievement award.October 16, 2007DisabiltiesOre. Parents Sue After English-speaking Son Placed in ESL ClassHILLBORO Ore. The parents of a Latino boy who does not speak Spanish filed a $700,000 federal lawsuit against the Hillsboro School District, alleging that educators placed their son in an English as a Second Language program solely because of his ethnicity.October 16, 2007StudentsPolice Investigating Racial Graffiti Found at Rider UniversityTRENTON N.J. Police on Tuesday were investigating who was behind racial graffiti found scrawled inside a residence hall at Rider University’s campus in Lawrenceville.October 16, 2007StudentsLawmakers Hammer Federal Officials Over Jena 6 CaseWASHINGTON Democratic lawmakers denounced federal authorities Tuesday for not intervening in the highly publicized case of six Black high school students charged with the beating of a White student, citing racist noose-hanging incidents far beyond the attack in the small Louisiana town of Jena.October 15, 2007HomeUniversity of Alaska Gets $3.2 Million Grant for Ph.D. ProgramFAIRBANKS, Alaska The University of Alaska Fairbanks has received a $3.2 million federal grant for a doctoral program combining subjects such as biology and geology with history and sociology.October 15, 2007HomeJapan Decides to Cancel US$4.7 million Grant for Education Center in MyanmarTOKYO Japan has canceled a multimillion-dollar grant for a business education center in Myanmar following the death of a Japanese journalist during a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Yangon, officials said Tuesday.October 15, 2007Community CollegesJob Training Programs Bring Together Mississippi, Alabama Community CollegesMERIDIAN, Miss. Job training is coming to the Internet in East Mississippi and West Alabama.October 15, 2007HomeMemorial Service Set for Murray State PresidentTISHOMINGO, Okla. A memorial service has been scheduled for the president of Murray State College.October 15, 2007HomeNobel in Economics Yet Another for Prize-laden University of ChicagoCHICAGO One of the world’s most influential schools of economics has done it again.October 15, 2007Leadership & PolicyUniversity of Houston System Picks South Florida Provost as Chancellor FinalistHOUSTON A University of South Florida provost is poised to become the next chancellor of the University of Houston System.October 15, 2007Previous PagePage 379 of 569Next Page
