Associated PressNative AmericansNavajo Leaders Meet with Indian Affairs DelegateWINDOW ROCK, Ariz. Needs across Indian Country include jails, schools, infrastructure and water. On the Navajo Nation, those needs surface on a much larger scale than elsewhere, a U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs official says.July 17, 2007HBCUsNorth Carolina HBCUs to Weather More ChangesRALEIGH, N.C. Despite an influx of money and students, North Carolina’s historically black public universities still face weak graduation rates and several financial problems.July 17, 2007HomeEx-Norfolk State Professor, 34 Others Sentenced to Life in Ethiopian CourtADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia A court sentenced 35 opposition politicians and activists, including a former Virginia professor, to life in prison and denied them the right to vote or run for public office for inciting violence in an attempt to overthrow the government, a judge said Monday.July 17, 2007Leadership & PolicyFormer Maryland-Eastern Shore President Hytche Dies at 78PRINCESS ANNE, Md. The University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, was mourning the death of William Percy Hytche Sr., a former math professor who led the historically black institution for two decades.July 17, 2007African-AmericanBlack firefighters’ group asks to join FDNY bias suitNEW YORK A fraternal order of black firefighters moved Tuesday to join a lawsuit in which the U.S. Department of Justice has accused the city of inadvertently discouraging blacks and Hispanics from joining the Fire Department.July 17, 2007HomeTouro College Physician Assistant Program Under FireNEW YORK The warning from the district attorney was strong: Be careful if you’re considering hiring a physician assistant who recently graduated from Touro College. A former administrator and nine others were indicted in connection with a scheme to falsify grades and degrees, including for physician assistants.July 17, 2007StudentsNew Mexico Educators Won’t Face Federal Sanctions for School Racism ProjectALBUQUERQUE N.M. School leaders in a southern New Mexico district will not face federal sanctions for allowing a high school project on racism in which students posted signs reading “Whites Only” and “People of Color” above water faucets, federal officials said.July 17, 2007HomeHoughton Mifflin to Buy Harcourt for $4 BillionBOSTON Educational textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. agreed Monday to buy the remaining U.S. units of scientific and medical publisher Reed Elsevier for $4 billion in cash and stock, creating what could become the largest K-12 publisher in the country in terms of market share.July 17, 2007HomeAs 50th Anniversary Approaches, Little Rock Central Desegregation ObservedLITTLE ROCK When Little Rock commemorates the 50th anniversary of Central High School’s desegregation, Annie Abrams hopes the city can create quite a contrast between now and 1957.July 17, 2007StudentsNew Mexico School District Will Implement Policy Against Racial HarassmentALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights says the Truth or Consequences school district must ensure an educational environment free of racial discrimination after a Black student complained about a high school racism project.July 17, 2007Previous PagePage 451 of 569Next Page