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Pa.’s Student Loan Agency Spent Lavishly on Promotional Giveaways
HARRISBURG Pa. Pennsylvania’s student loan agency spent about $2.2 million over five years on promotional giveaways, such as logo-enscribed golf balls, pencils, clothing and reusable glowing ice cubes, a newspaper reported.
November 6, 2007
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Hispanic Students Thrive More in Culture of Community, Says Report
Hispanic students tend to succeed more at institutions where there is a culture of inclusiveness and an explicit commitment from the leadership to serve the community, according to a new report from The American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU).
November 6, 2007
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The University of Nebraska Looks to Replace Main Computer System
LINCOLN, Neb. The state could be asked to pay millions of dollars to help replace an important computer system that thousands of University of Nebraska students and faculty use daily.
November 5, 2007
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Iowa College Students Protest Cost of Birth Control Pill
DES MOINES, Iowa More than 400 Iowa college students have signed a petition protesting federal legislation that has made getting birth control more expensive.
November 5, 2007
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Utah State University Student Group to Approach Regents Over Insurance
LOGAN, Utah Utah State University students will ask the Board of Regents to make health insurance mandatory for everyone enrolled in the state’s public colleges and universities.
November 5, 2007
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Arizona State University to Break Ground on Honors College
PHOENIX Arizona State University is one of the nation’s biggest. Now, school officials want to show it can be among the best.
November 5, 2007
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Oregon State U Plans Cell Phone Net to Warn of Campus Violence
CORVALLIS Ore. Oregon State University is working toward turning the almost universal student cell phone ownership on campus into an early warning system to warn against emergencies such as a gunman running amok.
November 4, 2007
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Arizona State U to Break Ground on Honors College
PHOENIX Arizona State University is one of the nation’s biggest. Now, school officials want to show it can be among the best.
November 4, 2007
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Miami University Students’ Prosecutions Dropped in Train Death
OXFORD Ohio The prosecutions of three Miami University students charged with helping an underage student get drunk before she was struck and killed by a freight train were dropped because a judge said the women’s statements were improperly obtained.
November 4, 2007
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Private Jersey College Grapples With Spate of Racial Incidents, Tragedies
TRENTON, N.J. Rider University, where officials are still dealing with three recent bias incidents that have attracted public attention, is no stranger to controversy and tragedy lately. It has also been the scene of two deaths related to substance abuse that have attracted widespread attention and controversy this year.
November 4, 2007
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Court: University of California Overcharged Students $34 Million
SAN FRANCISCO The University of California system overcharged 35,000 graduate and undergraduate students $33.8 million in fees four years ago, a state appeals court has ruled.
November 4, 2007
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University of Delaware Halts Controversial Diversity Program
DOVER, Del. Amid growing public scrutiny, the University of Delaware last week halted a controversial residence hall program that critics say tried to force students to accept university-approved ideologies on moral and social issues.
November 4, 2007
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The Psychological Impact of Academic Probation
UC San Diego researchers are investigating the correlation between physiological distress and poor grades.
October 31, 2007
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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