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Educating Leaders for the Global Community
We have covered minority student participation in study abroad programs over the years and although participation rates have not increased dramatically, much is being done within higher education to make such opportunities more accessible.
October 31, 2007
Students
Does Business Have a Place In Study Abroad?
The subpoenas issued this summer to five private organizations that offer study abroad programs were surprising.
October 31, 2007
Students
Professional Appointments
Dr. Reginald S. Avery has been appointed president of Coppin State University (Md.). Currently executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of South Carolina Upstate, he will assume his new position in January. Avery earned a bachelor’s from North Carolina A&T State University, a master’s from the George Williams College of Aurora University […]
October 31, 2007
Students
A Place for Native Students
An agreement between North Idaho College and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe calls for a campus longhouse to serve as a gathering place for Native American students.
October 31, 2007
Students
New Pact Makes It Easier for Tribal College Students to Transfer to UW-Madison
MADISON, Wis. An agreement was signed Monday between the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the College of the Menominee Nation that will make full student transfers possible between the two schools, the first formal arrangement with a tribal school in the state.
October 31, 2007
Students
New Choice Requirement On Student Loans May Break Near-monopoly Lenders Have at 55 Schools
Colleges and universities, including minority-serving institutions, will have to include at least three different funding sources on any “preferred lender list” they give to prospective student borrowers, the Department of Education says.
October 30, 2007
Students
University of Delaware Accused of Indoctrinating Students
DOVER Del. The University of Delaware has come under fire by a civil rights group that claims the school is trying to force dormitory residents to adopt university-approved ideologies on moral and social issues.
October 30, 2007
Students
Wittenberg University Students Get Text Alert of Gunman on Campus
SPRINGFIELD Ohio Reports of a gunman entering a residence hall prompted Wittenberg University to text-message students with a security alert but it turned out to be a prank.
October 30, 2007
Students
Two Former Montana State U Graduate Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships
BOZEMAN Mont. Two recent graduate students at Montana State University have received Fulbright Scholarships, the school said.
October 30, 2007
Students
Va. Tech Distributes $8.5M in Donations for Shooting Victims, Families of Those Killed
BLACKSBURG Va. Virginia Tech has distributed more than $8.5 million in donations to aid victims of the mass killings on campus in April, school leaders said Tuesday.
October 30, 2007
Students
Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority Quietly Ends Life Sciences Loan Benefits
JEFFERSON CITY Mo. Missouri’s student loan authority has quietly ended a program launched with fanfare three years ago to entice the state’s math and science graduates to work in the life sciences by forgiving part of their student loans.
October 30, 2007
Students
Kids of Illegal Immigrants Live in Fear But Pursue American Dream
SPOKANE Wash. A teenage girl studying entrepreneurship at Washington State University would be on her way to realizing the American Dream, except she is not American.
October 30, 2007
Students
Cultural and Linguistic Ambidexterity
It might sound like a no-brainer that being bilingual or multilingual helps students planning to enter engineering and just about any other career. But it is certainly true and is becoming more important as the economies of nations become more intertwined. What’s more, being able to go beyond mere language ability and understand cultural distinctions are extra advantages. The University of Texas at El Paso seeks to do just that for its students.
October 29, 2007
Students
Board Members Delay Decision on Future of Antioch College
YELLOW SPRINGS Ohio Antioch College board members postponed a decision Saturday on whether to reverse their decision to temporarily close the college, telling about 200 alumni, faculty and students that they’ll continue debating for several more days.
October 29, 2007
Students
Mayor: Blaze That Killed 7 College Students at N.C. Beach House May Have Started on Deck
OCEAN ISLE BEACH N.C. A fire at a vacation house where college students went to take advantage of the last good beach weather may have started on a deck, an official said Monday, as two campuses waited to find out the names of the seven dead.
October 29, 2007
Students
Officials Looking for Ways to Ease Shortage of Nursing Teachers
FARGO N.D. Ways to encourage graduate students to consider teaching, and the use of private money to supplement faculty wages, are among the ideas being discussed to ease a shortage of nursing teachers in the region.
October 29, 2007
Students
University Fee Policy Set For Revamp, But Not Everyone’s on Board
PORTLAND, Ore. The University of Oregon and Eastern Oregon University have an “energy surcharge.” Portland State’s got a “student services” fee. And every university in the state tacks on a little extra for the privilege of using the school’s computer system.
October 29, 2007
Students
Education Department Investigating Whether Illegal Student Loans Made
DENVER Federal investigators are looking into whether the Community College of Denver made loans to students who were not eligible.
October 28, 2007
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