Associated PressStudentsGun Rights Activists: Firearms Ban Would Make MSU More DangerousBOZEMAN Mont. Montana State University plans to restrict firearms and ban concealed weapons from campus, steps that gun-rights activists argue would make students more vulnerable if a Virginia Tech-style gunman were to threaten the MSU campus.July 18, 2007STEMBogus Degree Sale Scheme Hits New York City collegeNEW YORK Teachers, students and administrators tampered with a private college’s computer system to change grades and create fake degrees for money, prosecutors charged Monday. Among the fake degrees given were those for physicians’ assistants, they said.July 18, 2007Students3 E. Michigan Administrators Forced OutYPSILANTI Mich. Three Eastern Michigan University administrators, including the president, have been forced out, months after top school officials were accused of covering up the rape and slaying of a student by publicly ruling out foul play.July 18, 2007Leadership & PolicyRoger Williams University board chairman in R.I. says racial slur ‘slipped out’PROVIDENCE R.I. The longtime chairman of the Roger Williams University board admitted Monday that he had used the N-word during a board meeting, saying it “kind of slipped out.”July 18, 2007HomeEdwards Touts Diverse Schools Plan in Fight Against PovertyPITTSBURGH Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Tuesday called for measures to strengthen education for poor children and make schools more economically diverse in order to fight poverty in America.July 18, 2007StudentsYale Junior Found with Guns Arraigned on Charges of ThreateningNEW HAVEN Conn. A Yale University student who is accused of firing a gun in the living room of his off-campus fraternity house over the weekend has been arraigned on charges of reckless endangerment, threatening and breach of peace.July 18, 2007HomeHigher Tuition Rates Cause Concern at College Campuses in Handful of StatesEAST LANSING Mich. Michigan State University senior Katie Wright worries college tuition is rising so fast that some working-class families, including her own, may soon find higher education unaffordable.July 18, 2007Leadership & PolicyForced Out EMU Officials Get $550,000YPSILANTI Mich. Three university administrators who were forced out this week after their school was accused of covering up the dorm room rape and killing of a student will receive nearly $550,000 in severance packages, documents show.July 18, 2007HomeSupercomputer to Anchor New Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha Computing CenterOMAHA Neb. A supercomputer expected to be among the 50 most powerful in the world will anchor a new computing center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.July 18, 2007HomeUnlimited Tuition Break for Wisconsin Veterans Divides Lawmakers, VetsMADISON Wis. Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton urged the Legislature on Wednesday to honor the original intent of a tuition benefit program for Wisconsin veterans by not putting any limits on how long they have to take advantage of it.July 18, 2007Previous PagePage 449 of 569Next Page