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Nation’s largest school district wins top public education award
NEW YORK The nation’s largest school system has won the country’s top prize in public education that honors an urban district with the greatest student improvement and most success reducing achievement gaps among the poor and minorities.
September 17, 2007
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Columbia student union nixes controversial anti-illegal immigration speaker
NEW YORK Jim Gilchrist, founder of the anti-illegal immigration Minuteman Project who was forced off a Columbia University stage last year, will not be coming back for a return engagement at the school.
September 17, 2007
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Funeral for UM student who fell from tree scheduled for Thursday
JACKSON Miss. Bradley Jameson chose to leave his native Texas for the University of Mississippi because he wanted to attend school “in a community that was all about the college.”
September 17, 2007
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Harkin says bill will ease student loan debt crunch
Sen. Tom Harkin went to Grand View College on Monday to praise a bill aimed at making college more accessible to low-income students and helping graduates with heavy loan debt.
September 17, 2007
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Study shows US College students have inadequate knowledge of American history and institutions
Students at some of the nation’s top universities have a woefully inadequate knowledge of US history and institutions, according to report released today by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI).
September 17, 2007
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D.A. Under Fire for Hazing Case
TRENTON, N.J. After a Rider University freshman died following a drinking binge at an on-campus fraternity, prosecutors took the unusual step of indicting two university officials.
September 17, 2007
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UM official says student died after falling from tree at frat house
JACKSON Miss. A University of Mississippi freshman died Saturday after climbing a tree to retrieve a football at 3:45 a.m. and falling on his head, officials said.
September 16, 2007
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D.A. Under Fire for Hazing Case
TRENTON N.J. After a Rider University freshman died following a drinking binge at an on-campus fraternity, prosecutors made the unusual step of indicting two university officials.
September 16, 2007
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UH-Hilo offering financial aid to older students
HILO Hawaii Imagine going back to college in your late 20s or even your 30s or 40s to finish an undergraduate degree. There would be homework, tests and rubbing shoulders with much younger students.
September 16, 2007
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College curriculums catering to student-run businesses
INDIANAPOLIS Like many Americans, Aaron Lifford and Jessica Keckhaver dreamed of running their own business.
September 16, 2007
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Market’s tuition program nourishes workers’ minds
LEVITTOWN Pa. Redner’s Markets Inc. is using a new tuition reimbursement program to encourage employees at its local warehouse markets to go to school.
September 16, 2007
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Cartoon in Connecticut student-run newspaper draws protests from Hispanics and other groups
HARTFORD Conn. The student-run newspaper at Central Connecticut State University is under fire for publishing a cartoon this week that critics call racist and sexist.
September 16, 2007
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Princeton seeks more students, more diversity
PRINCETON N.J. With a $136 million complex of Collegiate Gothic-style stone buildings that feature huge, mahogany-trimmed dorm rooms, an art gallery and a 65-seat theater, Princeton University is preparing for its biggest increase in undergraduate enrollment since it started admitting women.
September 16, 2007
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Kentucky universities release preliminary black enrollment numbers
LOUISVILLE Ky. Before settling on the University of Kentucky, Alexandra “Nikki” Fenwick considered the University of Louisville and Murray State University.
September 16, 2007
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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.
September 16, 2007
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Ole Miss Suspends Fraternity After Black Student Alleges Harassment and Assault
JACKSON, Miss. A University of Mississippi fraternity has been suspended for a year after a Black student said he was the victim of a racial slur and a physical assault at a fraternity party.
September 16, 2007
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Navajo Leaders Struggle To Understand University of Arizona Tragedy
The two Navajo girls, scholarship winners studying at the University of Arizona in Tucson, were the kind of young people Navajo elders hope and pray will carry on for them. Now, one is dead; The other is charged with her murder; And a community struggles to understand.
September 13, 2007
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Controversy Erupts at N.Y. College Over Tenure for Palestinian Professor
Another controversy involving Mideast politics has erupted on the Columbia University campus, and this time it is over whether to grant tenure to an anthropology professor of Palestinian descent.
September 11, 2007
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