Associated PressCommunity CollegesIndiana Black Expo president going to Ivy Tech Community CollegeINDIANAPOLIS The president of Indiana Black Expo is stepping down to take a job heading the fundraising efforts for Ivy Tech Community College.October 9, 2007Leadership & PolicyAlabama Architect Defrauded Two-Year System With Bribes, Prosecutors SayBIRMINGHAM, Ala. Federal prosecutors say Anniston, Ala. architect Julian W. Jenkins gave bribes worth $85,000 to two-year college system Chancellor Roy Johnson and his family and $1,800 to a college president in return for more than $2.6 million in contracts.October 9, 2007LatinxTennessee universities take steps to recruit more HispanicsNASHVILLE Tenn. Universities across Tennessee are taking steps to recruit more Hispanics to diversify their student bodies, officials say.October 9, 2007StudentsGroup Wants Hate-crime Inquiry into Mexican Flag Incident at the University of New MexicoALBUQUERQUE The New Mexico League of United Latin American Citizens has asked state and federal officials to investigate a University of New Mexico student who is accused of tearing down a Mexican flag.October 9, 2007Leadership & PolicyHispanic graduation rate at the University of Maryland laggingThe six-year graduation rate among Hispanic students at the University of Maryland is lagging behind those of white and Asian students by about 15 percent, university President Dan Mote said in his State of the Campus address this year.October 8, 2007HBCUsJury Deliberates Fate of Texas Southern University’s Former PresidentHOUSTON The first full day of jury deliberations in the trial of Texas Southern University’s former president, who is accused of spending more than $500,000 of school money to lavishly furnish and decorate her homes, ended Tuesday without a verdict.October 8, 2007StudentsCartoon in UK’s College Newspaper Spurs ControversyLEXINGTON, Ky. An editorial cartoon depicting a bare-chested Black student on an auction block that ran in the University of Kentucky’s student newspaper on Friday has sparked student protest.October 7, 2007Faculty & StaffArkansas State Minority Program CanceledJONESBORO, Ark. Arkansas State University has shut down a program to help minority students excel academically and go on to graduate school.October 7, 2007HomeGrambling President Recommends Teacher Sanctions in Noose Lesson IncidentNEW ORLEANS The president of Grambling State University said Friday that he will seek sanctions against five teachers who participated in a lesson on race relations that included placing a noose around the neck of a child at a predominantly Black, on-campus elementary school.October 6, 2007StudentsGroup Wants Hate-crime Inquiry into Mexican Flag Incident at the University of New MexicoALBUQUERQUE The New Mexico League of United Latin American Citizens has asked state and federal officials to investigate a University of New Mexico student who is accused of tearing down a Mexican flag.October 6, 2007Previous PagePage 384 of 569Next Page