Associated PressStudentsPrinceton seeks more students, more diversityPRINCETON N.J. With a $136 million complex of Collegiate Gothic-style stone buildings that feature huge, mahogany-trimmed dorm rooms, an art gallery and a 65-seat theater, Princeton University is preparing for its biggest increase in undergraduate enrollment since it started admitting women.September 16, 2007StudentsKentucky universities release preliminary black enrollment numbersLOUISVILLE Ky. Before settling on the University of Kentucky, Alexandra “Nikki” Fenwick considered the University of Louisville and Murray State University.September 16, 2007StudentsFall 2007 OSU system shows increases in Hispanic, Native American enrollment, but overall system enrollment declinesSTILLWATER Okla. Lower high school graduation rates, increased admission standards and stiff competition from neighboring universities caused a slight decline in enrollment across Oklahoma State University’s five campuses.September 16, 2007Community CollegesUtah student loan defaults exceed national averageLOGAN Utah Utahs average rate of student loan default is exceeding the national average.’s default rate for 2005 was 5 percent, above the national average of 4.6 percent. The state’s community colleges have the highest default rates, led by Salt Lake Community College at 6.8 percent.September 16, 2007HomeStudies show segregation is increasing in Wisconsin schoolsMILWAUKEE Segregation is growing in schools nationwide, including in Wisconsin, where it particularly affects black students, according to two new national studies.September 16, 2007HBCUsMississippi HBCU students now eligible to receive professional licensesJACKSON Miss. Michael Gates and other Jackson State University engineering graduates are closer to becoming professional engineers now that JSU’s engineering programs have been accredited.September 16, 2007StudentsOle Miss Suspends Fraternity After Black Student Alleges Harassment and AssaultJACKSON, Miss. A University of Mississippi fraternity has been suspended for a year after a Black student said he was the victim of a racial slur and a physical assault at a fraternity party.September 16, 2007StudentsNavajo Leaders Struggle To Understand University of Arizona TragedyThe two Navajo girls, scholarship winners studying at the University of Arizona in Tucson, were the kind of young people Navajo elders hope and pray will carry on for them. Now, one is dead; The other is charged with her murder; And a community struggles to understand.September 13, 2007HomeASU law professor named to head Smithsonian’s Indian museumWASHINGTON An Arizona State University law professor was named director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian on Tuesday.September 12, 2007StudentsControversy Erupts at N.Y. College Over Tenure for Palestinian ProfessorAnother controversy involving Mideast politics has erupted on the Columbia University campus, and this time it is over whether to grant tenure to an anthropology professor of Palestinian descent.September 11, 2007Previous PagePage 418 of 569Next Page
