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Despite Long Legal Fight, Woman Hasn’t Gotten $300K from Univ. Southern Mississippi
GULFPORT Miss. Anne Jordan waited nine years for her lawsuit against the University of Southern Mississippi to be tried in state court.
July 18, 2007
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Troubled Eastern Oregon University Gets New Leader
LA GRANDE Ore. An education veteran is coming out of retirement to help guide troubled Eastern Oregon University out of its mire.
July 18, 2007
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Mississippi College Board Approves Pay Increase for University Heads
JACKSON Miss. Salary increases of 5 percent have been approved by the state College Board for the heads of Mississippi’s public universities.
July 18, 2007
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Alabama A&M Displays Black U.S. Marshals History
HUNTSVILLE Ala. A U.S. marshal tired of seeing blacks portrayed as perpetrators or victims hopes to change that image with a traveling exhibit that details the history of blacks serving as U.S. marshals and in other law enforcement posts.
July 18, 2007
Students
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
Health
Bringing Graduate Education to the Workplace
Paying for books and little else, company employees benefit from Webster University’s Corporate Cohort program.
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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Roger Williams Donor and Trustee Who Made Racial Slur Wants Name Removed From Law School
PROVIDENCE R.I. Amid outrage from students, school leaders and legislators over his use of the N-word, the former chairman of the Roger Williams University board said Wednesday he wants his name removed from its law school.
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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Children of Ray Charles fighting effort to take back $3 million gift from Albany State University
ATLANTA Eight children of Ray Charles are fighting an effort to take back a $3 million (euro2.18 million) gift from the music legend to a Georgia university.
July 17, 2007
Community Colleges
Pittsburgh college offers classes to potential casino workers
PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh’s planned casino has yet to get its license, but the Community College of Allegheny County is already offering courses to those who would want to work in the gambling hall.
July 17, 2007
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Arkansas DWI Program Reflects Cultural Differences of Hispanic Offenders
BENTONVILLE, Ark. Emmanuel Flores says the court-ordered alcohol-safety programs he teaches require some modifications when the students who have been convicted of driving while intoxicated are Hispanic.
July 17, 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
Native Americans
Navajo Leaders Meet with Indian Affairs Delegate
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. Needs across Indian Country include jails, schools, infrastructure and water. On the Navajo Nation, those needs surface on a much larger scale than elsewhere, a U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs official says.
July 17, 2007
HBCUs
North Carolina HBCUs to Weather More Changes
RALEIGH, N.C. Despite an influx of money and students, North Carolina’s historically black public universities still face weak graduation rates and several financial problems.
July 17, 2007
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Ex-Norfolk State Professor, 34 Others Sentenced to Life in Ethiopian Court
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia A court sentenced 35 opposition politicians and activists, including a former Virginia professor, to life in prison and denied them the right to vote or run for public office for inciting violence in an attempt to overthrow the government, a judge said Monday.
July 17, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Former Maryland-Eastern Shore President Hytche Dies at 78
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. The University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, was mourning the death of William Percy Hytche Sr., a former math professor who led the historically black institution for two decades.
July 17, 2007
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Black firefighters’ group asks to join FDNY bias suit
NEW YORK A fraternal order of black firefighters moved Tuesday to join a lawsuit in which the U.S. Department of Justice has accused the city of inadvertently discouraging blacks and Hispanics from joining the Fire Department.
July 17, 2007
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