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Ohio Governor Signs Budget Plan Freezing College Tuition for Two Years
COLUMBUS Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland took his first budget to the final day, signing the $52 billion spending plan just hours before the fiscal year ended Saturday, and after making good on his threat to veto a tax-funded voucher program to allow special-needs students to attend private schools.
July 1, 2007
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Evangelist Loses Legal Bid to Speak at Kentucky University
LOUISVILLE Ky. An evangelist who preaches at campuses nationwide has lost his initial bid to speak at Murray State University in western Kentucky.
July 1, 2007
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Cost Keeps College Out of Reach for Many Minority Students
CLEMSON, S.C. Cost is one of the top barriers cited as a reason South Carolina’s largest colleges and universities have trouble increasing their percentages of Black students.
July 1, 2007
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‘Federalizing Accreditation’
Standards may include student outcomes, but should the government or accrediting agencies implement the change?
June 30, 2007
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Oklahoma Tuition Increases Prompt Concern
OKLAHOMA CITY Student leaders say they’ve come to expect tuition increases every year, but concern is growing among some lawmakers and educators about pricing working-class kids out of a college education.
June 30, 2007
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Morgan State University student crowned Miss Maryland
HAGERSTOWN Md. Shana Powell was crowned Miss Maryland 2007 Saturday and will compete in the Miss America pageant.
June 30, 2007
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Parents Nervous as Supreme Court Ruling Puts School Districts and Plaintiffs at Odds About Future School Assignments
LOUISVILLE Ky. For Jessica Vautard, attending classes with students from a variety of backgrounds is a treat that can’t be duplicated.
June 29, 2007
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In Wake of Supreme Court Decision, Schools to Look to Factors Other Than Race Associated Press Online
WASHINGTON Educators soon may pay extra attention to income levels, home addresses and test scores when they decide which school a student should attend.
June 27, 2007
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Brother of Oklahoma University student who blew himself up guilty of threatening agent
DENVER The brother of a University of Oklahoma student who blew himself up on campus was convicted Wednesday of threatening an FBI agent.
June 27, 2007
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Getting to Know:Yolanda Cash Jackson
Lobbyist for Florida’s HBCUs Works the Capitol on Behalf of Minority Students
June 27, 2007
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Bill May Build Consensus on Aid To Predominantly Black Colleges
A series of changes on Capitol Hill is providing new momentum for efforts to create a federal aid program for predominantly Black colleges — institutions that enroll a large number of African-Americans but are not recognized as historically Black schools.
June 27, 2007
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ARDMORE Okla. Oklahoma’s women’s basketball program has completed a fundraising campaign to endow all 15 of its scholarships, OU athletic director Joe Castiglione said Wednesday.
June 26, 2007
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Student software finalists get face time with Bill Gates
REDMOND Wash. When Microsoft Corp.’s worldwide student software programming competition began four years ago, many projects that emerged were “fun,” according to Craig Mundie, the company’s chief research and strategy officer.
June 26, 2007
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OU regents approve tuition hike, $1.3 billion budget
ARDMORE Okla. University of Oklahoma regents on Wednesday approved tuition and mandatory fee hikes of nearly 10 percent for undergraduate students who will attend the university during the upcoming school year.
June 26, 2007
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Sarkozy forced to slow down reform schedule as new French parliament convenes
PARIS Nicolas Sarkozy, racing to reshape France since he was elected president last month has postponed a university reform bill, apparently fearing the kind of student protests that plagued his predecessors.
June 26, 2007
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Bill May Build Consensus on Aid To Predominantly Black Colleges
A series of changes on Capitol Hill is providing new momentum for efforts to create a federal aid program for predominantly Black colleges — institutions that enroll a large number of African-Americans but are not recognized as historically Black schools.
June 26, 2007
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Virginia Tech Inundated With Gifts
BLACKSBURG Va. One supportive message came engraved on a 150-pound rock from the Mississippi River. Another was a lime-green hood from a race car bearing Virginia Tech’s logo. A large painting of a tree arrived on a semitrailer from a New York university.
June 25, 2007
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Students speak out against university funding cuts
LANSING Mich. A group of university student government leaders from across Michigan on Monday called on state lawmakers to prevent budget cuts that have led to higher tuition rates.
June 24, 2007
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