Associated PressLeadership & PolicyHistorically Black College In ‘Desperate’ Financial SituationLeMoyne-Owen College, the city’s only historically Black institution of higher education, must raise $1 million by the end of June to meet operating expenses, according to a school official.May 14, 2006HomeNew Wars Prompt New Look At ‘War Orphan’ Tuition WaiversBrisa Dorff is 5 years old and won’t start kindergarten until this fall, but if she stays in Minnesota her college tuition should be covered. Dorff’s father, Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Dorff, died two years ago when his helicopter crashed during a rescue mission in Iraq. A World War II-era law on Minnesota’s books entitles children of fallen soldiers to free tuition at public universities.May 10, 2006HomeSchools in South Carolina Work Through Confederate HolidayConfederate Memorial Day is a mandatory state holiday in South Carolina, but you wouldn’t know it from the classrooms. Only one of the state’s 85 school districts closed Wednesday in observation of the holiday, the product of a legislative compromise that also created a permanent Martin Luther King Jr. Day.May 10, 2006HomeMan Freed by Law School to Graduate from Same SchoolOn Christmas Eve 1996, Christopher Ochoa went back to his Texas prison cell and pressed a razor blade to his forearm. He was serving a life sentence for a murder he did not commit and was ready to end it all. But Ochoa didn’t follow through. And on Friday, he will have a new life awaiting when he…May 10, 2006Native AmericansYale Secret Society May Have Stolen Apache Leader Skull, Says ResearcherA Yale University historian has uncovered a 1918 letter that seems to lend validity to the lore that Yale University’s ultra-secret Skull and Bones society swiped the skull of American Indian leader Geronimo.May 9, 2006HBCUsReport: Duke’s Response to Rape Allegations Slowed by Questions About Accuser’s CredibilityDuke underestimated the rape allegations against members of the lacrosse team in part because Durham police initially said the accuser “kept changing her story and was not credible,” according to a university report issued Monday.May 8, 2006Leadership & PolicyPresident-elect at Gallaudet University Not ‘Deaf Enough’The newly chosen president for the nation’s only liberal arts college for the deaf is drawing protests from students and faculty, some of whom question whether she is “deaf enough” to lead their school.May 8, 2006Faculty & StaffUniversity of Oregon Takes Second Stab at Diversity PlanFaculty and students at the University of Oregon are reviewing a new “diversity plan” for the campus, after the first stab at creating such a blueprint drew a firestorm of complaints.May 4, 2006HomeEducation Department Announces “Rigorous” Rules for College AidIn a rare venture into curriculum, the Bush administration this week declared which high school programs are “rigorous” enough to qualify students for college aid. The designation is important because only college freshmen and sophomores who complete a rigorous high school course of study can receive certain new grants…May 4, 2006StudentsUniversity of Virginia, Black Colleges Plan Student ExchangeVirginia and five in-state historically Black colleges and universities are finalizing an exchange program for summer research projects…May 3, 2006Previous PagePage 515 of 569Next Page
