Associated PressNative AmericansSearch For New UND President Needs American Indian VoiceBISMARCK, N.D. The president of United Tribes Technical College says the committee searching for a new University of North Dakota president should include an American Indian.June 17, 2007SportsFormer Purdue Star Jannon Lampley Named Women’s Basketball Coach at St. Joseph’s CollegeRENSSELAER Ind. Jannon Lampley, former Big Ten player of the year at Purdue, was named women’s basketball coach Friday at St. Joseph’s College.June 14, 2007Faculty & StaffTwo MVSU Professors Fired, At Least One Claims It’s RetaliationJACKSON, Miss. Two Mississippi Valley State University professors have been fired, and at least one of them claims it was in retaliation for serving on a panel that was critical of university president Lester Newman.June 7, 2007Community CollegesCommunity College Backers Criticize University of Montana Plan for Higher Ed CenterMILES CITY, Mont. University of Montana President George Dennison has outlined a preliminary plan to create a higher education center in Hamilton, drawing fire from backers of a proposed community college in the same area.June 6, 2007Community CollegesMass. Governor Promises Free Tuition for Community College StudentsBOSTON Gov. Deval Patrick called for an eight-year overhaul of public education last week, seeking to transform pre-kindergarten through university learning with a proposal that also would make the state’s two-year community colleges free for all high-school graduates.June 6, 2007Community CollegesFormer Pima Community College Student Educates ImmigrantsTUCSON, Ariz. Ruth Tapia is giving back to her community an act that fulfills her need to help others. The native of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, remembers a time when people extended a hand to help her through Pima Community College Adult Education’s family literacy program.June 6, 2007HomeLaw Professor Finds Lynchings Have Lasting Impact On Race RelationsSALISBURY, Md. TEASER: The last two recorded lynchings in Maryland, in 1931 and 1933, and other incidents of racial violence in the Jim Crow era on the Eastern Shore, still affect the region, University of Maryland law professor Sherrilyn Ifill argues in her book On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-first Century.June 5, 2007StudentsIllegal Students Await Immigration PlanWASHINGTON At 23, Mariana should be carefree. She is finishing her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has been accepted to a master’s program at Harvard University’s education school.June 4, 2007Faculty & StaffMinority Faculty Recruitment Program Under FireEUGENE, Ore. The University of Oregon is taking issue with an economics professor’s claim that a program developed to recruit more minority faculty members is illegal.June 3, 2007LatinxLow Percentage of Latino Students Transfer From Community Colleges to Four-Year Universities, UCLA Study ShowsLOS ANGELES Although a majority of Latino students in California are enrolled in the community-college system, only a handful transfer to a four-year university, according to a new report by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.May 31, 2007Previous PagePage 487 of 569Next Page
