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LSU President: No Chance of Moving Medical School to Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE, La. The chief of the LSU System says he has no interest in moving the university’s medical school in New Orleans to Baton Rouge.

November 5, 2007

Duke Waives Old Property Limits on Blacks: Move Largely Symbolic

DURHAM, N.C. In a symbolic move, Duke University is waiving its decades-old rights to prohibit Blacks from purchasing property in Duke Forest.

November 5, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville’s Faculty Senate Calls for Poshard’s Resignation

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. The faculty senate at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville wants the system’s president to resign over plagiarism claims.

November 5, 2007

The University of Nebraska Looks to Replace Main Computer System

LINCOLN, Neb. The state could be asked to pay millions of dollars to help replace an important computer system that thousands of University of Nebraska students and faculty use daily.

November 5, 2007

Wayne State University Big Part of Change in Midtown Detroit

DETROIT When people around here talk about “Midtown,” the discussion generally is about new condos, lofts, small business, lifestyle.

November 5, 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

Iowa College Students Protest Cost of Birth Control Pill

DES MOINES, Iowa More than 400 Iowa college students have signed a petition protesting federal legislation that has made getting birth control more expensive.

November 5, 2007

Utah State University Student Group to Approach Regents Over Insurance

LOGAN, Utah Utah State University students will ask the Board of Regents to make health insurance mandatory for everyone enrolled in the state’s public colleges and universities.

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

Leadership & Policy

Saint Joseph College President Part of Historic Couple

With her appointment as president of Saint Joseph College, Dr. Pamela Trotman Reid joins her husband, Wayne State University president, Dr. Irvin Reid, in making history.

November 4, 2007

Best & Brightest: Injury Leads Student to New Career Goal, New Charity, New Outlook on Life

During his freshman year at Pennsylvania State University in 2000, Adam Taliaferro had dreams of entering the NFL. But during the season’s fifth game against Ohio State, Taliaferro’s life took a dramatic turn.

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. But helicopter parents aren’t just hovering. They’re swooping down in attack mode.

November 4, 2007

Oregon State U Plans Cell Phone Net to Warn of Campus Violence

CORVALLIS Ore. Oregon State University is working toward turning the almost universal student cell phone ownership on campus into an early warning system to warn against emergencies such as a gunman running amok.

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

Miami University Students’ Prosecutions Dropped in Train Death

OXFORD Ohio The prosecutions of three Miami University students charged with helping an underage student get drunk before she was struck and killed by a freight train were dropped because a judge said the women’s statements were improperly obtained.

November 4, 2007

Trustees at Antioch College Say They’ll Keep School Open

COLUMBUS Ohio Trustees overseeing Antioch College said Saturday they have reversed an earlier decision and will keep the school open.

November 4, 2007

Gays Fight for University Employer Benefits in Court

LANSING Mich. The Michigan Supreme Court on Tuesday will begin weighing whether state universities and other public-sector employers can provide health insurance to the partners of gay workers.

November 4, 2007

Districts Adopt Mexican Curriculum to Help Hispanic Students

Several school districts in the South and West that serve large populations of Spanish-speaking immigrant students are moving to align their middle- and high-school curriculae with what is being taught in Mexico.

November 4, 2007