Associated PressNative AmericansAmerican Indian School Celebrates Historic RecognitionARKANSAS CITY, Kan. About 300 alumni of a tribal school that taught generations of American Indians along the Kansas-Oklahoma boarder gathered Sunday to celebrate its recent addition to the National Register of Historic Places.March 5, 2007HomeFBI Asked To Reopen Lloyd Gaines CaseCOLUMBIA, Mo. The FBI has been asked to investigate the disappearance nearly 70 years ago of Lloyd Gaines, who vanished shortly after winning a legal fight to become the first black man admitted to the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.March 4, 2007Leadership & PolicyHighlands Settles Last Discrimination Lawsuit Against SchoolLAS VEGAS, N.M. New Mexico Highlands University has agreed to pay a former assistant professor of chemistry $205,000 to settle the last remaining personnel-related lawsuit against the school.March 4, 2007Faculty & StaffMississippi Valley State University Faculty Senate Hands President ‘No Confidence’ VoteJACKSON, Miss. Members of Mississippi Valley State University’s faculty senate have expressed “no confidence” in the school’s president in a 33-1 vote.March 1, 2007LatinxStudy Finds Rising Narcissism, Self-centeredness Among College StudentsToday’s college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society.February 28, 2007HomeDuke Faculty Committee Releases Report On Campus CultureRALEIGH, N.C. A committee charged with evaluating the campus culture at Duke University in the wake of rape allegations involving the men’s lacrosse team called Tuesday for changes to the undergraduate experience and the creation of a “diverse, inclusive and engaged community.”February 27, 2007Community CollegesStillman College Hosts Four-day Conference On Use Of N-wordTUSCALOOSA, Ala. With a debate swirling nationwide over the n-word, a historically Black college in Alabama set aside four days to discuss the racial slur.February 25, 2007DisabiltiesTexas Campus Serving Healthy PortionsAcross the country, university cafeterias are trying to serve up less processed and lower-salt items, more organic products and access to nutritional information on Web sites or in the cafeteria.February 20, 2007HomeEffects of Affirmative Action Ban Unclear on Michigan AdmissionsANN ARBOR, Mich. The effect of Michigan’s new anti-affirmative action law has had an unclear effect on minority admissions at the University of Michigan, the school says.February 19, 2007HomeOutrage Over College Party Accused of Mocking HispanicsSANTA CLARA, Calif. A “South of the Border” theme party has stirred outrage at a Silicon Valley university after students showed up at the bash dressed as Hispanic janitors, gardeners, gangbangers and pregnant teens.February 18, 2007Previous PagePage 494 of 569Next Page
