Associated PressHomeColorado higher ed commission votes to temporarily ease restrictionsVAIL Colo. Students with high grade-point averages or high ACT or SAT scores can enter Colorado’s public colleges next year even if they haven’t met strict new entrance requirements.August 14, 2007SportsRutgers student files lawsuit against Imus, CBS, MSNBCNEW YORK A member of the Rutgers women’s basketball team sued Don Imus and CBS on Tuesday, claiming the radio personality’s sexist and racist comments about the team damaged her reputation.August 14, 2007Community CollegesTexas community colleges mull tax hikes to make up for vetoed fundingAUSTIN Community college officials said they will have to consider property tax increases, tuition hikes and educational program cuts to compensate for $154 million in funds vetoed by Gov. Rick Perry.August 14, 2007Community CollegesLansing Community College, ex-employee settle lawsuitLANSING Mich. Lansing Community College and its former in-house lawyer have settled a lawsuit filed following his dismissal last September.August 14, 2007Leadership & PolicyFormer Clark Atlanta President Picked to Head UMass-AmherstSPRINGFIELD Mass. Former Clark Atlanta University president Thomas Cole Jr. is set to take over the UMass-Amherst campus for the next year, replacing a chancellor who left the school at odds with its administrators.August 14, 2007HomeIn Hong Kong, flashy test tutors gain icon statusHONG KONG When Richard Eng isn’t teaching English grammar to high-school students, he might be cruising around Hong Kong in his Lamborghini Murcielago. Or in Paris, on one of his seasonal shopping sprees. Or relaxing in his private, custom-installed karaoke room festooned with giant Louis Vuitton logos.August 13, 2007HomeGa. speaker proposes alternative education programATLANTA Acknowledging that not Georgia every student will make it to college, House Speaker Glenn Richardson on Tuesday rolled out a plan designed to give those who don’t go the needed technical skills to land a good job.August 13, 2007HomeSon testifies against MIT prof accused of staging own shootingBOSTON The son of a millionaire business guru accused of staging his own shooting during a family dispute testified Tuesday that his father had threatened to “ruin” him.August 13, 2007HomeUS presidential hopeful Obama airs campaign advertisement in SpanishLAS VEGAS Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has begun airing a Spanish-language advertisement on radio stations in Nevada, introducing himself as a “son of a foreign father.”August 13, 2007Faculty & StaffBoard narrows education commissioner list to 7TALLAHASSEE Fla. The chancellor who oversees Florida’s elementary and secondary schools and her predecessor are among seven semifinalists in the State Board of Education’s nationwide search for a new education commissioner.August 13, 2007Previous PagePage 426 of 569Next Page
