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University of Wisconsin, State Found in Violation of Clean Air Act

MADISON Wis. A 53-year-old coal power plant on the University of Wisconsin campus has been in violation of the federal Clean Air Act for five years, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

November 7, 2007

Montana Tribal College Dreams Big, Celebrates 30th Anniversary

PABLO Mont. If she wanted to, Lois Slater wouldn’t have to go any farther than a mirror to find a compelling story about how educational opportunities can turn a life around.

November 7, 2007

University of South Carolina Holds Memorial for Victims of Beach House Fire

COLUMBIA S.C. Hundreds of mourners gathered Wednesday at the University of South Carolina to remember seven college students who were killed last month when a beach house caught fire while they celebrated the end of the season’s warm weather.

November 7, 2007

Community Colleges

Dual Enrollment Boosts Academic Performance, CCRC Report Finds

Does taking college courses while in high school actually boost grades? A new Community College Research Center report sheds some light on the subject, finding that dual-enrolled students are more likely to go to college and perform at a higher level compared to their non dual-enrolled counterparts.

November 7, 2007

Community Colleges

Voters Approve $15.5 Million For Maine Community Colleges

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine voters wound up a low-key, off-year election by easily approving a conservation borrowing package as two other bonds addressing economic development and educational facilities drew the backing of slim majorities.

November 7, 2007

Community Colleges

Montana Community College Enrollment Up, Bucking Overall Higher Ed Trend

HELENA, Mont. — The number of students attending state colleges dropped a little this year — a trend expected to continue over the next decade.

November 7, 2007

Native Americans

Spokane Tribal College Opens Second Campus

Spokane Tribal College, an institution that specializes in providing a culturally appropriate higher education for Native American students in eastern Washington state, has expanded its facilities to accommodate a larger population of American Indians living in Spokane, Wash.

November 7, 2007

UC Discussing Fine in Security Breach Case

LOS ALAMOS N.M. The University of California is protesting a $3 million fine over a security breach at Los Alamos National Laboratory in which classified documents were found in a drug raid at a trailer.

November 6, 2007

Community Colleges

Number of Students Drops at State Colleges

HELENA, Mont. The number of students attending state colleges dropped a little this year a trend expected to continue over the next decade.

November 5, 2007

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

Faculty & Staff

Survey Offers a Snapshot of Hovering College Parents

College administrators grumble about the rise of “helicopter parents,” moms and dads who keep hovering over the lives of their children even after they leave for college. But helicopter parents aren’t just hovering. They’re swooping down in attack mode.

November 4, 2007

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

UND Nickname Lawsuit Fund Exhausted

GRAND FORKS N.D. A fund set up to pay legal bills in the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux nickname lawsuit against the NCAA has been exhausted.

November 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Survey Offers a Snapshot of Hovering College Parents

College administrators grumble about the rise of “helicopter parents,” moms and dads who keep hovering over the lives of their children even after they leave for college.

November 4, 2007

African-American

Addressing Anxiety, Depression and Suicide Among HBCU Students

In the wake the massacre at Virginia Tech and the recent shooting at Delaware State University, student mental health is becoming increasingly important to colleges and universities nationwide.

November 4, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Luna Community College to Pay Legal Bills of Former President

LAS VEGAS, N.M. Luna Community College has agreed to pay the legal bills of its former interim president, who in return will drop any possible claims he may have against the college, said its current interim president, Dr. Sigfredo Maestas.

November 1, 2007

Community Colleges

College Students Will Be Pranksters

Whether to relieve a little stress or to get the best of a classmate or anyone with decisionmaking power, college students never to seem to run out of practical jokes. Here are a few our readers sent to us.

October 31, 2007

Community Colleges

Colleges Courses: From Muppets to e-Bay

Perhaps one of the greatest things about going to college is the self-exploration that students experience. Students can break free from just taking required courses and take anything from the history of rock ‘n’ roll to studio art. But what you’ll see listed below —some past, some present —are not your “father’s courses.”

October 31, 2007