Associated PressStudentsIn Higher Ed, the Year of DishonestyIf the academic year now winding down had a theme, it was a more subtle one: dishonesty.May 20, 2007Community CollegesVoters Approve Sales Tax to Fund Courses at Arkansas CollegeASHDOWN, Ark. Students can look forward to getting a start on a civil engineering degree at the Ashdown campus of Cossatot Community College now that Little River County voters have approved a sales tax to finance the program.May 14, 2007Community CollegesN.C. Community Colleges Becoming More Popular as Starting PointCHARLOTTE, N.C. Community colleges are increasingly becoming a popular and cheaper alternative to spending all four years at a senior university.May 14, 2007Faculty & StaffNew Harvard President Faces Balancing Act with Professors, Board MembersCAMBRIDGE, Mass. Harvard University has unrivaled wealth and prestige, but the downside of its storied history is a patchwork of schools that make running the place one of the hardest jobs in 21st century higher education.May 13, 2007StudentsUniversity panel says student parody “harassed” blacksBOSTON A judicial panel at Tufts University on Thursday ruled that a conservative campus journal “harassed” blacks by publishing a Christmas carol parody called “O Come All Ye Black Folk” that many found racist.May 13, 2007StudentsUniversity of California Marks Decade of Race-blind AdmissionsBERKELEY, Calif. A fit of spring-cleaning led Eric Brooks to a box of old newspaper clips from 1997. That’s when he was the lone Black student enrolled in the incoming law school class at the University of California, Berkeley, following the end of affirmative action admissions.May 6, 2007HomeTexas Southern U. Ex-Financier ConvictedHOUSTON Texas Southern University’s former chief financial officer was convicted Thursday of misusing nearly $300,000 to help the school’s ex-president lavishly furnish and landscape her home.May 3, 2007Leadership & PolicyChairwoman of Texas Southern Board of Regents ResignsAUSTIN, Texas The chairwoman of Texas Southern University’s Board of Regents formally resigned on Tuesday as the state Senate considered Gov. Rick Perry’s request to remove her from the panel.May 1, 2007StudentsDuke Biz School Punishes 34 for CheatingRALEIGH, N.C. The largest cheating scandal ever at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business involved more than a take-home exam, a business school official said Tuesday.May 1, 2007Community CollegesWisconsin Gives 8th-Graders Path to Higher EdMADISON Wis. Wisconsin is rolling out the nation’s most expansive guarantee of higher education to students in hopes of raising college aspirations and improving preparedness.April 30, 2007Previous PagePage 489 of 569Next Page
