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For international student, having two roomies no big deal

NEOSHO Mo. Living in a foreign land isn’t always easy.

Sudanese MSU student sets up project to educate country’s women

MURRAY Ky. Gabriel Akech Kwai was 7 years old when his father was murdered in Northern Sudan. His home country was then divided during a civil war that eventually forced him to travel with the 33,000 other Lost Boys of Sudan to Ethiopia and later to a Kenyan refugee camp.

Fall 2007 OSU system shows increases in Hispanic, Native American enrollment, but overall system enrollment declines

STILLWATER Okla. Lower high school graduation rates, increased admission standards and stiff competition from neighboring universities caused a slight decline in enrollment across Oklahoma State University’s five campuses.

Just the Stats: Capitalizing Higher Education in the Global Market

Although U.S. graduate schools admitted eight percent more international students this fall, that growth rate is considerably lower than 2006’s 12 percent increase, according to a new report from the Council of Graduates Schools.

U.S. Education Secretary Wooing Students from Brazil, Chile to Reverse Post 9/11 Decline

SAO PAULO, Brazil U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings looks more like a college recruiter this week, traveling through South America with American university leaders to woo back international students spooked by lengthy visa delays linked to post-9/11 security.

New Mexico Tech recognized as ‘hottest in the war on terrorism’

SOCORRO N.M. The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is being recognized by a 2008 college guidebook as the one of the hottest schools in the nation, specifically the “hottest in the war on terrorism.”

Professional Appointments

Dr. Michelle R. Howard-Vital has been appointed president of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. She had previously been interim chancellor of Winston-Salem State University. Howard-Vital earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Chicago and a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson has been named university professor at Georgetown […]

Experts say internal locks on classroom doors could save lives against Va. Tech-like rampages

BLACKSBURG Va. After a student gunman killed four of his classmates and his German teacher and then left, Derek O’Dell had to wedge one of his sneakers under the classroom door to keep the attacker from returning to kill even more.

8 U.S. students graduate from free Cuban medical school

HAVANA Eight American students graduated from a Cuban medical school on Tuesday and said they planned to put six years of education paid for by Fidel Castro’s communist government to use in hospitals back home.

Miles College Has Raised $19 Million for Expansion

BIRMINGHAM Ala. Historically black Miles College has raised $19 million for an expansion that would double the size of its Fairfield campus.

Program Teaches College Students About Ecology While Traveling

CHAPEL HILL N.C. Several hundred North Carolina college students are taking part in a program aimed at reducing their ecological footprints while studying abroad.

Program Teaches College Students About Ecology While Traveling

CHAPEL HILL N.C. Several hundred North Carolina college students are taking part in a program aimed at reducing their ecological footprints while studying abroad.

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