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Beck named defensive line coach at MSU
BOZEMAN Mont. Bo Beck, a graduate assistant at Iowa State University, has been named defensive line coach at Montana State, new Bobcat football coach Rob Ash announced Thursday.
June 21, 2007
Students
University of Michigan replaces scrapped scholarships
ANN ARBOR Mich. The University of Michigan has replaced scholarships eliminated in the wake of a voter-approved ban on preferential treatment based on race and gender at public universities.
June 21, 2007
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Education commission approves new nursing program, moratorium
MONTGOMERY Ala. One new Doctor of Nursing Practice program will be allowed in Alabama and there will be a three year moratorium on others under a recommendation approved by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education committee on Thursday after a lengthy and sometimes contentious debate.
June 21, 2007
Leadership & Policy
OSU proposes raising tuition by almost 10 percent
OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents will consider a proposal Friday that would increase tuition and mandatory fee rates for students at Oklahoma State University’s Stillwater campus by almost 10 percent for the 2007-08 school year.
June 21, 2007
Faculty & Staff
First in family with degree, now Iowa president
IOWA CITY Iowa Sally Mason wasn’t brought up around higher education, but she plans to make herself right at home as the University of Iowa’s new president.
June 21, 2007
Students
Minnesota and Wisconsin settle tuition dispute
ST. PAUL The governors of Minnesota and Wisconsin said Friday that they settled a long-simmering tuition reciprocity dispute without making students pay more to attend universities in either state.
June 21, 2007
Leadership & Policy
UND search committee hopes to finish early next year
The president of the state Board of Higher Education says the membership of a 16-member committee searching for a new University of North Dakota president will not be changed, despite a request that an American Indian be added.
June 21, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Indiana State president stepping down next year
A shake up at Indiana State University in Terre Haute continued Friday with the school president’s announcement that he would step down when his contract expires next summer.
June 21, 2007
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Elias Blake, higher education advocate, dead at 77
ATLANTA Elias Blake Jr., a nationally known advocate for blacks in higher education and a former president of one of Atlanta’s most prestigious black colleges, has died at the age of 77, his friends said.
June 21, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
MiraCosta College president negotiates $1m buyout
OCEANSIDE, Calif. MiraCosta College’s embattled president Victoria Munoz Richart has negotiated a buyout worth at least $1 million that will see her employment end June 30.
June 21, 2007
STEM
LSU wants state health secretary to run med school, hospitals
BATON ROUGE, La. Louisiana State University is trying to convince the head of the state health department to run its medical school and hospitals, including the state charity hospital system.
June 21, 2007
Community Colleges
SACS probation for Bishop State extended 6 months
MOBILE, Ala. Bishop State Community College will remain on probation for another six months, a decision by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that cited failures in financial and academic areas.
June 21, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Mississippi Valley State president Lester Newman resigns
ITTA BENA, Miss. Mississippi Valley State University President Lester C. Newman announced his resignation Friday after serving nearly nine years as leader of the historically Black college.
June 21, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Accrediting group gives Florida A&M ultimatum for accounting woes
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida A&M University has six months to clean up its troubled financial situation or could lose its accreditation, one of the nation’s top college associations said Friday.
June 21, 2007
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HBCUs
Michigan’s Only HBCU Likely to Lose Accreditation
DETROIT Lewis College of Business, the only historically Black college in Michigan, has been given a one-month extension before its accreditation is removed by the Higher Learning Commission. The college’s original deadline was June 30.
June 21, 2007
Students
Just the Stats: How Effective Are STEM Pipeline Programs?
Bridging the racial gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the so-called STEM fields, has become a priority for two organizations: the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation and the Model Institutions for Excellence.
June 20, 2007
LGBTQ+
Nevada University Need to Offer Health Benefits to Domestic Partners, Says Public Employees Benefits Board
CARSON CITY Nev. Nevada’s universities need to offer health benefits to employees’ domestic partners in order to stay competitive in hiring faculty and staff, state regulators were told Wednesday.
June 20, 2007
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State seeks to boost minority college enrollment
SALT LAKE CITY State higher education officials are asking lawmakers for more than $10 million to help boost minority enrollment at the state’s public colleges and universities.
June 20, 2007
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