Associated PressHomeUNC Hospitals’ pharmacy director removed after auditors question expensesCHAPEL HILL N.C. The pharmacy director at UNC Hospitals was removed from his position after state auditors said he double-billed the state for travel expenses and submitted his son’s travel and cell phone bill.June 30, 2007HomeCommission sanctions Dillard, wants financial informationNEW ORLEANS An accreditation commission has sanctioned Dillard University, saying the school has not shown it is fiscally sound.June 29, 2007HomeSeattle schools facing $1 M attempt to recover legal costsSEATTLE A day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Seattle Public Schools cannot use race as a tiebreaker for school assignments, the attorney who represented the parents who sued the district said he will try to recover his legal costs.June 29, 2007Leadership & Policy130 year-old Alaska college to suspend operations for one yearANCHORAGE Alaska A 130-year-old college in Sitka is suspending academic operations for one year because it is about $6 million in debt, a choice made by its Board of Trustees.June 29, 2007Community CollegesNew Hampshire’s University System Joins 300 Colleges Nationwide in Fight Against Global WarmingDURHAM N.H. The schools of New Hampshire’s university system have joined nearly 300 other colleges and universities around the country to fight global warming by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.June 29, 2007Native AmericansOklahoma American Indian tribe receives $3.8 million federal grant for education, economic developmentWASHINGTON The Oklahoma-based Muscogee (Creek) Nation will receive a $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to be used for technology-driven regional education and economic development activities, U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said Friday.June 29, 2007HomeUS schools expected to re-examine racial integration programs following court rulingWASHINGTON School officials around the United States are considering how to proceed after a Supreme Court decision rejecting racial integration plans in two cities.June 29, 2007HomeMassachusetts Schools May Feel Impact of Supreme Court RulingBOSTON The Supreme Court ruling Thursday that prohibits schools from considering race when assigning students, except in limited cases, could revive a failed challenge to the city of Lynn’s controversial desegregation plan and imperil similar policies around the state.June 29, 2007HomeSupreme Court Ruling Denounced by Democratic Presidential CandidatesWASHINGTON A historically diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates a woman, a black, an Hispanic and five whites denounced an hours-old Supreme Court affirmative action ruling Thursday night and said the nation’s slow march to racial unity is far from over.June 29, 2007Home$3 Million Pledge to LeMoyne Owen by City of Memphis OKed by JudgeMEMPHIS Tenn. A Memphis judge is allowing the city council to pay the first installment of a $3 million pledge to struggling Lemoyne-Owen College, after hearing arguments from a citizen against the gift.June 29, 2007Previous PagePage 471 of 569Next Page