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3 E. Michigan Administrators Forced Out
YPSILANTI Mich. Three Eastern Michigan University administrators, including the president, have been forced out, months after top school officials were accused of covering up the rape and slaying of a student by publicly ruling out foul play.
July 18, 2007
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Yale Junior Found with Guns Arraigned on Charges of Threatening
NEW HAVEN Conn. A Yale University student who is accused of firing a gun in the living room of his off-campus fraternity house over the weekend has been arraigned on charges of reckless endangerment, threatening and breach of peace.
July 18, 2007
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Hudson Begins Tenure as Miss. Valley State U. Leader
ITTA BENA Miss. It was a pivotal moment in the 56-year history of Mississippi Valley State University.
July 18, 2007
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Best & Brightest: Obligation To Native Culture, Community Fuels Academic Drive
Karletta Chief has come a long way since the days when, as a Stanford University undergrad, her father had to sell the family’s cattle to cover the costs of her engineering books. Such were the sacrifices of the Navajo first-generation college student and her parents, a minister and a Navajo weaver.
July 18, 2007
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Perspectives: Abandoning Brown and ‘[Race]ing’ Backwards on K-12 Education
The recent, well-publicized U.S. Supreme Court desegregation cases make it much tougher for school districts to achieve racial diversity and eliminate racially isolated public school systems. In addressing the use of race by Seattle and Louisville school districts in student assignments, Chief Justice John Roberts declared, “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
July 18, 2007
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Enrollment Growing Faster at Tennessee’s Private Colleges
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The state’s private colleges are growing faster than public ones, government data show.
July 17, 2007
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New Mexico Educators Won’t Face Federal Sanctions for School Racism Project
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. School leaders in a southern New Mexico district will not face federal sanctions for allowing a high school project on racism in which students posted signs reading “Whites Only” and “People of Color” above water faucets, federal officials said.
July 17, 2007
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New Mexico School District Will Implement Policy Against Racial Harassment
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights says the Truth or Consequences school district must ensure an educational environment free of racial discrimination after a Black student complained about a high school racism project.
July 17, 2007
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Oxford Administrators Using Facebook to Monitor Students
LONDON For students at the University of Oxford, Facebook is a great way to keep posted on gossip and parties. For university authorities, it’s a way to find and fine troublemakers.
July 17, 2007
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Univ. President Fired After Cover-Up
YPSILANTI,Mich. Eastern Michigan University fired its president, months after top university officials were accused of covering up the rape and slaying of a student by publicly ruling out foul play despite evidence that later led to murder charges.
July 16, 2007
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Illegal Immigrants Find Aid for College in N.M.
FORT COLLINS Colo. At least 10 undocumented students from Colorado will get to attend classes at the University of New Mexico this fall, with many not having to pay for tuition or books.
July 15, 2007
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Journalism Scholarship Established in Memory of Mississippi Publisher Tisdale
JACKSON Miss. The Charles Tisdale Memorial Scholarship is being established by the Jackson Association of Black Journalists, the president of the organization announced Friday.
July 15, 2007
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Remote Desert College Nurtures Students’ Bodies and Minds
DEEP SPRINGS VALLEY Calif. In this remote stretch of desert near Death Valley, the young man who has to wake up early to milk the cows could have gone to Harvard or Yale or Berkeley.
July 15, 2007
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High-Tech Cheating
With dozens of online term paper mills appearing on the Internet, professors and institutions are imposing new strategies to deter students from using them
July 15, 2007
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Black Enterprise-Listed – listing of top 50 colleges for African American students
A new college ranking, designed to help students and their parents evaluate an institution’s academic and social appeal for African Americans, hits newsstands.
July 14, 2007
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In Education We Trust – The Education Trust
Kati Haycock, director of The Education Trust, has released a new report full of data that she hopes will support efforts to improve the quality of public education.
July 14, 2007
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Grants & Awards
Columbia University has been awarded $75,000 from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for the Kellogg Jobs and Education Empowerment Program which will help more than 400 residents of upper Manhattan receive job training, education and employment through a student-based social service program at Columbia.
July 14, 2007
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Bi News Briefs
At Central State: Prosecutors Resume Investigation; Fund-Raising Drive Benefits Needy Students
July 14, 2007
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