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News Roundup: Page 272
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Teddy Roosevelt Library Board, University System at Odds
BISMARCK, N.D.— The foundation working to build a Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in western North Dakota is at odds with the state’s university system over how to end a lease agreement for land at Dickinson State University that’s no longer planned as a library site. The nonprofit foundation’s board in March voted to build a museum […]
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Foxconn, Wisconsin University, Announce Internship Program
MILWAUKEE – Foxconn Technology Group and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are launching an internship program that will send engineering students to the company’s headquarters in Taiwan for a semester. The program announced Thursday is designed to develop local talent for the company’s planned manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin. Foxconn plans to make advanced liquid crystal display […]
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SAT, ACT Not Mandatory for University of Chicago Applicants
CHICAGO — Scores from the SAT or ACT will be optional for students applying to the University of Chicago. The prestigious and highly selective school says some students may feel that the standardized test results don’t fully reflect their potential. The university said Thursday that it anticipates many students still will submit scores because other […]
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Air Force Officer Who Vanished Worked for University System
OAKLAND, Calif. – An Air Force officer with top security clearance who vanished 35 years ago and was arrested in California last week worked for years as a consultant for the University of California system, former colleagues said. University system colleagues knew William Howard Hughes Jr. as a personable, brainy number cruncher for the system’s […]
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NCAA Softening Transfer Rules
College athletes will no longer need permission from their coach or school to transfer and receive financial aid from another school. The NCAA Division I Council approved the change Wednesday. It takes effect Oct. 15. The long-awaited transfer reform is a narrow one but should provide more freedom for athletes to transfer when and where […]
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2 Injured in Shooting Near Grand Valley State University
ALLENDALE— Authorities say two men were injured in a shooting outside an apartment complex near Grand Valley State University in western Michigan. The shooting happened late Tuesday in a parking lot at Copper Beech Townhomes in Allendale Township. Ottawa County sheriff’s deputies say one man was taken to a hospital for treatment of a single […]
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Student Says Professor Claims Moon Landing Was Faked
WAYNE, N.J. – New Jersey’s William Paterson University says school officials are reviewing videos that show a professor telling students the moon landing was faked and promoting other conspiracy theories. Freshman student Benny Koval, of Fair Lawn, says she raised concerns after sociology professor Clyde Magarelli said things in class that she says made her […]
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Legislature Approves $56.8B Budget With More for Schools, Roads
LANSING, Mich.— The Republican-led Michigan Legislature put the finishing touches on a $56.8 billion state budget Tuesday that includes a sizable increase in base aid for lower-funded K-12 districts, more spending on roads and extra funding to better protect schools from shootings. The spending plan also closes a state prison and sets aside $100 million […]
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Western Illinois University Sees Enrollment Decline
MACOMB, Ill. – Western Illinois University officials are considering how to address the university’s declining student enrollment. The Quad-City Times reports that combined enrollment at the Macomb and Moline campuses has dropped from 11,700 students in 2013 to about 9,400 students in the fall of 2017. Agriculture professor Mark Bernards says projected enrollment for this […]
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US Weighs in Against University of Michigan Bullying Policy
WASHINGTON— University of Michigan policies prohibiting harassment and bullying on campus are unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, the Justice Department said Monday in siding with a free-speech group that has challenged the school in court. The Trump administration argued that the school policies trample on students’ First Amendment rights because they fail to define the […]
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GCU Spending $120 Million on Construction Projects This Summer
PHOENIX — Construction crews are staying busy over the summer at Grand Canyon University. GCU President Brian Mueller said the university has about $120 million to spend on construction projects this summer. It is building everything from new dorm rooms to a new activities center. Most projects will be completed by the start of the […]
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Maryland University System Awards 40K Degrees in 2017
Maryland’s network of public colleges is awarding degrees at a significantly higher rate than a decade ago. The Baltimore Sun reports that the 11 public colleges in the University System of Maryland issued more than 40,000 degrees in 2017. That’s a 42 percent increase over the 28,000 degrees handed out in 2008. The biggest increase […]
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