Associated PressStudentsMinnesota and Wisconsin settle tuition disputeST. PAUL The governors of Minnesota and Wisconsin said Friday that they settled a long-simmering tuition reciprocity dispute without making students pay more to attend universities in either state.June 21, 2007Leadership & PolicyUND search committee hopes to finish early next yearThe president of the state Board of Higher Education says the membership of a 16-member committee searching for a new University of North Dakota president will not be changed, despite a request that an American Indian be added.June 21, 2007Leadership & PolicyIndiana State president stepping down next yearA shake up at Indiana State University in Terre Haute continued Friday with the school president’s announcement that he would step down when his contract expires next summer.June 21, 2007HomeElias Blake, higher education advocate, dead at 77ATLANTA Elias Blake Jr., a nationally known advocate for blacks in higher education and a former president of one of Atlanta’s most prestigious black colleges, has died at the age of 77, his friends said.June 21, 2007Leadership & PolicyMiraCosta College president negotiates $1m buyoutOCEANSIDE, Calif. MiraCosta College’s embattled president Victoria Munoz Richart has negotiated a buyout worth at least $1 million that will see her employment end June 30.June 21, 2007STEMLSU wants state health secretary to run med school, hospitalsBATON ROUGE, La. Louisiana State University is trying to convince the head of the state health department to run its medical school and hospitals, including the state charity hospital system.June 21, 2007Community CollegesSACS probation for Bishop State extended 6 monthsMOBILE, Ala. Bishop State Community College will remain on probation for another six months, a decision by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that cited failures in financial and academic areas.June 21, 2007Faculty & StaffMississippi Valley State president Lester Newman resignsITTA BENA, Miss. Mississippi Valley State University President Lester C. Newman announced his resignation Friday after serving nearly nine years as leader of the historically Black college.June 21, 2007Leadership & PolicyAccrediting group gives Florida A&M ultimatum for accounting woesTALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida A&M University has six months to clean up its troubled financial situation or could lose its accreditation, one of the nation’s top college associations said Friday.June 21, 2007LGBTQ+Nevada University Need to Offer Health Benefits to Domestic Partners, Says Public Employees Benefits BoardCARSON CITY Nev. Nevada’s universities need to offer health benefits to employees’ domestic partners in order to stay competitive in hiring faculty and staff, state regulators were told Wednesday.June 20, 2007Previous PagePage 484 of 569Next Page
