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Students from HBCUs, other schools gear up for march in support of Jena Six

JENA La. The streets around this tiny town’s courthouse began filling with protesters and reporters Wednesday, a day ahead of a planned march in support of six black teenagers jailed in the December beating of a white classmate.

September 18, 2007

Community Colleges

Ed board wants to double CC tuition cap to $2,500

BOISE Idaho The Idaho State Board of Education will meet Wednesday and is likely to approve proposed 2008 legislation, including a measure that would allow community colleges to double their tuition limit to $2,500 annually to cover the rising cost of education.

September 18, 2007

Princeton University pleased students are making fewer ‘A’s’

PRINCETON N.J. Students at Princeton University, often recognized as the top undergraduate university in the country, are not getting as many “A’s” as they used to.

September 18, 2007

Community Colleges

Kansas State University issues warning about Salina tech school merger

SALINA Kan. Kansas State University could be forced to close its Salina campus if an area technical school merges with a community college that could offer cheaper classes, a Kansas State official says.

September 17, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Examiners’ reports show Alabama 2-year colleges doing OK job

PRATTVILLE Ala. Financial aid abuse at Bishop State Community College has led state examiners to expand the scope of their audits, but such problems have not been found at other schools so far, an examiner told system presidents Tuesday.

September 17, 2007

Community Colleges

Shares of for-profit education companies finish mostly lower

Shares of for-profit education companies finished mostly lower on Monday, with Universal Technical Institute Inc. leading the way.

September 17, 2007

Student arrested, Tasered at Kerry forum in Florida

A University of Florida student was Tasered and arrested after trying to ask U.S. Senator John Kerry about the 2004 election and other subjects during a campus forum.

September 17, 2007

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

Morgan Stanley Partners with HBCUs to Train Talent

Two business school instructors at Morehouse College and a third instructor at Howard University are the first to participate in a partnership between HBCUs and New York-based investment firm Morgan Stanley.

September 17, 2007

Yale University to return Machu Picchu artifacts to Peru

LIMA Peru Yale University has agreed to return thousands of Inca artifacts taken from Peru’s famed Machu Picchu citadel almost a century ago, the government said Saturday.

September 16, 2007

Herbal traditions gain academic interest at Appalachian college

FROSTBURG Md. Frostburg State University instructor Sunshine Brosi leads a half-dozen earnest undergraduates 20 yards through the underbrush of a shady forest. Stooping near some black cherry trees, she plucks a pear-shaped yellow berry as long as her thumb from a shin-high plant with large, graceful leaves.

September 16, 2007

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

Community Colleges

Maricopa County colleges won’t arm police now despite new law

MESA Ariz. Police who patrol Maricopa County Community College District campuses won’t be armed until at least next year despite a new state law requiring them to carry guns that takes effect next week.

September 16, 2007

Community Colleges

Aging population likely to mean need for more nurses

ASHEVILLE N.C. It was Cynthia Busche’s first day as a nurse in the Mission Hospitals emergency department, but she is no stranger to the nursing world.

September 16, 2007

Community Colleges

Utah student loan defaults exceed national average

LOGAN Utah Utahs average rate of student loan default is exceeding the national average.’s default rate for 2005 was 5 percent, above the national average of 4.6 percent. The state’s community colleges have the highest default rates, led by Salt Lake Community College at 6.8 percent.

September 16, 2007

Mississippi HBCU students now eligible to receive professional licenses

JACKSON Miss. Michael Gates and other Jackson State University engineering graduates are closer to becoming professional engineers now that JSU’s engineering programs have been accredited.

September 16, 2007

White House HBCU Initiative Chief Quits During Contentious Board Meeting

On the job for slightly over a year, White House Initiative on HBCUs Executive Director Charles Greene has called it quits. This came at a meeting of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs last week, in which several members expressed frustration with Greene for failing to deliver on time a completed 2004-05 report on federal agencies’ grant activity with HBCUs.

September 16, 2007

Perspectives: What Is the Context of Our Emotions Related to the “Jena 6”?

Why has the Jena 6 situation garnered so much attention and outrage? Many of us, as people of color, feel responsible and compelled to stand up for our brethren in small town America who are resigned to the persistent unjust treatment of African- Americans.

September 16, 2007