Associated PressInternational8 U.S. students graduate from free Cuban medical schoolHAVANA Eight American students graduated from a Cuban medical school on Tuesday and said they planned to put six years of education paid for by Fidel Castro’s communist government to use in hospitals back home.July 26, 2007StudentsLawyer Asks for Changes in Schools CaseLOUISVILLE Ky. An attorney who won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that rejected the use of race in assigning students to Louisville schools asked a judge on Thursday to allow about 2,800 students to change schools immediately.July 26, 2007StudentsCollege Student Accused of Terror ThreatEDWARDSVILLE, Ill. He seemed in many ways a typical college student — president of his fraternity at Southern Illinois University, an aspiring rapper who wrote about finding a girlfriend who could cook. He said his favorite book was the Bible.July 25, 2007StudentsGroup Files Complaint Against UT Over Race-Conscious AdmissionsAUSTIN, Texas A legal group that fights against racial preferences in schools and workplaces has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education about the University of Texas at Austin’s use of race in its undergraduate admissions process.July 23, 2007HomeBackground checks to be required for university job applicantsEPHRAIM Utah Criminal background checks will soon be required for anyone who wants a job teaching at the state’s public colleges and universities.July 22, 2007HomeShortfall means no interest-free loan program for new studentsDALLAS Just weeks before starting a new academic year, thousands of college students throughout Texas are being told they won’t get the interest-free, forgivable loan they were counting on to pay tuition.July 22, 2007HomeNAACP calls for federal probe of racist e-mails sent to troopers, police probe under wayHARTFORD Conn. The state chapter of the NAACP called Thursday for a federal investigation of possible civil rights violations after members of the Connecticut State Police received racist e-mails.July 22, 2007HealthDeveloped nations draining poor countries of doctorsJACKSON Miss. While many foreign doctors are drawn to the United States to treat underserved poor and rural areas, some experts and health officials say the physicians are needed more at home.July 22, 2007HomeUniversity takes over management of historic St. Augustine sitesST. AUGUSTINE Fla. The gray masonry Government House in a plaza here survived as the home and headquarters for Spanish and British rule for more than 200 years. It was reconstructed from ruins several times during the colonial era, once after being burnt and reduced to rubble by the British.July 22, 2007HomePoet, Performer Sekou Sundiata DiesNEW YORK Sekou Sundiata, a Grammy-nominated poet whose work blurred the barriers between music, theater and literature, has died at the age of 58.July 22, 2007Previous PagePage 445 of 569Next Page
