Associated PressCommunity CollegesShoreline Community College Home Gets Boost From the SunSHORELINE, Wash. Mike Nelson stood in his new office, where walls of corrugated metal clash just a tad with silky-smooth floors and walls of sustainably harvested eucalyptus. “Very soon, the old ways are going,” Nelson, director of the Northwest Solar Center, told visitors. His office is the solar-powered Zero Energy House at Shoreline Community College, which is intended to produce as much energy as it uses.May 29, 2007Leadership & PolicyNew Ivy Tech Community College President Visiting Campuses Across IndianaSELLERSBURG, Ind. Ivy Tech Community College’s incoming president has spent much of his time in recent weeks traveling the state as he prepares to take charge of the school.May 29, 2007Community CollegesTennessee Bill Seeks to Reduce Costs of College TextbooksCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. A bill moving through the Legislature would require the University of Tennessee and Tennessee Board of Regents to develop policies for minimizing the costs of textbooks for students.May 29, 2007Community CollegesTenn. Bill Seeks to Reduce Costs of College TextbooksCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. A bill moving through the Legislature would require the University of Tennessee and Tennessee Board of Regents to develop policies for minimizing the costs of textbooks for students.May 29, 2007HomeTraveling Classroom Uses Landmark Civil Rights Sites for TeachingJACKSON, Miss. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated just one day before Sharon Matlock turned 10. Her birthday brought gifts and her mother’s tears, and ever since she has tried to understand the hatred and violence of those times. Now 49 and a college staff member, Matlock recently joined professors and students on a five-state trip to civil rights landmarks to find answers.May 28, 2007HomeTexas Top 10 Admissions Law To StayAUSTIN The Texas House on Sunday rejected a bill that would have limited the number of students automatically admitted to public universities under the state’s top 10 percent law.May 27, 2007Community CollegesSouthwest Idaho Voters to Decide Proposed Community CollegeBOISE, Idaho Voters in Idaho’s two most populated counties will decide Tuesday whether to build a new community college in the Treasure Valley.May 22, 2007SportsProsecutors File No Charges in Case of Calif. College Alleged Gang RapeSAN JOSE, Calif. Santa Clara County prosecutors announced Monday they have declined to file charges in the case of the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl by De Anza College baseball players at a party in March.May 22, 2007Asian American Pacific IslanderLawyer: Duke Cheating Case Hit Asian Students HardestDURHAM, N.C. Asian students involved in a cheating scandal at the Duke University business school were punished more severely than others, their attorney says.May 21, 2007StudentsMaine Students, Lawmakers Plead for More Community College FundingAUGUSTA, Maine With a balanced state budget still beyond lawmakers’ grasp, a community college student, an administrator, a business leader and legislators pleaded last week for more funding for the seven-campus system, saying the state is failing to address surging demand by prospective students.May 20, 2007Previous PagePage 488 of 569Next Page
