Associated PressHomeArizona Supreme Court upholds dismissal of tuition challengePHOENIX The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling dismissing a challenge to the state Board of Regents’ 2003 decision to increase in-state university tuition by nearly 40 percent.August 12, 2007StudentsKalamazoo Promise grads’ first year of college started slow, got betterEDITOR’S NOTE: The Associated Press is following the college careers of two members of Kalamazoo Public Schools’ class of 2006. Stephanie Butler and Alex Plair II were among the first recipients of scholarships provided by The Kalamazoo Promise, an anonymously funded free-tuition program for graduates of the school district beginning that year. This is the second in a series of annual stories about Butler and Plair, whom the AP first profiled as their high school careers ended.August 12, 2007HomeHillary Clinton tries to rally state supportTULSA Okla. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton told hundreds of supporters Saturday that she’s not sure that she can win over politically conservative Oklahoma in the 2008 election.August 12, 2007HomeCollege savings plan board develops incentive programOKLAHOMA CITY Administrators at the state’s college savings plan want Oklahomans to learn about the program, and they have developed an incentive plan they think will be hard to pass up: free tickets to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State football games.August 12, 2007HomeRobertson’s Regent banking on tuition to stop deficitsVIRGINIA BEACH Va. Regent University plans to more than double its undergraduate enrollment this year as a first step toward balancing its budget.August 12, 2007StudentsHillsdale College replaces state scholarship aid with private fundsHILLSDALE Mich. Hillsdale College, a private liberal arts school in southern Michigan, announced Monday it will no longer accept state taxpayer money for student scholarships and financial aid.August 12, 2007Leadership & PolicyClasses could start in 2009 at new Idaho university branchSANDPOINT Idaho The founder of retailer Coldwater Creek has increased the amount he will spend to bring a University of Idaho branch campus to this resort town, and classes are scheduled to start in 2009.August 12, 2007HomeNorth Dakota medical school gets $10 million grant renewalGRAND FORKS N.D. University of North Dakota medical school officials say the National Institutes of Health has renewed a $10 million grant for research into such diseases as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.August 12, 2007HomeFalwell life insurance money rids Liberty University of its debtLYNCHBURG Virginia The late Rev. Jerry Falwell left a $34 million (euro25 million) life insurance policy to the college and church he founded, ridding the financially troubled Liberty University of its debt, his son said.August 12, 2007SportsUCLA reinstates assistant coach arrested for burglaryLOS ANGELES UCLA reinstated assistant football coach Eric Scott, who’d been on administrative leave after an arrest on suspicion of residential burglary last month.August 12, 2007Previous PagePage 431 of 569Next Page
