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Top urban scholar named Yale professor
NEW HAVEN Conn. Elijah Anderson, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the nation’s most influential scholars in the field of urban inequality, will become professor of sociology at Yale University on July 1, university officials said Wednesday.
June 26, 2007
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OU regents approve tuition hike, $1.3 billion budget
ARDMORE Okla. University of Oklahoma regents on Wednesday approved tuition and mandatory fee hikes of nearly 10 percent for undergraduate students who will attend the university during the upcoming school year.
June 26, 2007
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Pryor urges Bush to nominate black judge to federal bench
LITTLE ROCK U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor urged President Bush on Wednesday to nominate a black judge to fill the federal judgeship in Arkansas left vacant with the death of U.S. District Judge George Howard Jr., the state’s first black federal judge.
June 26, 2007
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Sarkozy forced to slow down reform schedule as new French parliament convenes
PARIS Nicolas Sarkozy, racing to reshape France since he was elected president last month has postponed a university reform bill, apparently fearing the kind of student protests that plagued his predecessors.
June 26, 2007
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Rell vetoes in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrant kids
HARTFORD Conn. Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have extended favorable in-state tuition rates at Connecticut’s public colleges and universities to children of illegal immigrants.
June 26, 2007
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CU considers 14.5 percent tuition increase
BOULDER Colo. University of Colorado is considering a 14.5 percent increase in tuition for in-state students at its main Boulder campus.
June 26, 2007
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U.S. Supreme Court turns away tax challenge in Ala. deseg case
BIRMINGHAM Ala. The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to Alabama’s property tax system that was filed by plaintiffs in the state’s long-running higher education desegregation case.
June 26, 2007
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Lawmakers: Use Roan Plateau money for education, communities
GLENWOOD SPRINGS Colo. The state’s share of projected revenue from the gas-rich Roan Plateau should be set aside for higher education and for services in communities hit hardest by energy development, two Colorado lawmakers say.
June 26, 2007
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Utah higher ed chief will retire in December
SALT LAKE CITY The head of the Utah System of Higher Education said Wednesday he would retire in December.
June 26, 2007
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Syracuse, JPMorgan join to build new center, new study program
SYRACUSE N.Y. JPMorgan Chase will invest $30 million to help develop new financial service technology and infrastructure courses at Syracuse University under a 10-year partnership announced Wednesday.
June 26, 2007
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Board approves tuition hike at community colleges
FAIRFIELD Maine Tuition at the state’s seven community colleges will go up by 2.5 percent next year under a plan approved Wednesday by the Maine Community College System board of trustees.
June 26, 2007
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HBCU graduate opens nonprofit restaurant in Bolivia
BOLIVIA N.C. The signs are in place, the menu board is on the wall, and black cast-iron pots are being readied for the first dishes, offering tastes of the Caribbean with nary a palm tree or sandy beach in sight.
June 26, 2007
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Bosnians become U.S. citizens after suing the government for the right
ST. LOUIS After nearly eight years in the United States and a court fight with the government, Bosnian war refugee Adila Palalija can finally call herself an American.
June 26, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Sporting a new look – Historically Black colleges and universities promote sports
There is a new dimension to athletics that is taking shape at some of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
June 26, 2007
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University of the District of Columbia: truncated, but still alive – huge cuts proposed to save the university
In order to survive, the University of the District of Columbia — which has already had furloughs and delays in opening — faces the loss of more than one hundred faculty members and serious cuts in its programs.
June 26, 2007
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Central State University: what happened? – financial crisis in Central State University, Ohio
WILBERFORCE, OHIO Dr. Herman B. Smith Jr. stepped onto Central State University’s campus in early 1995 with hope, ambition and a clear idea of the task he faced.
June 26, 2007
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Affirmative Action Debate: Clegg vs. Shaw
WASHINGTON, D.C. The debate over whether racial diversity can be a “compelling interest” to justify the use of race in public school admissions will come to an end this week when the U.S. Supreme Court rules in two cases on voluntary desegregation.
June 26, 2007
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Bill May Build Consensus on Aid To Predominantly Black Colleges
A series of changes on Capitol Hill is providing new momentum for efforts to create a federal aid program for predominantly Black colleges — institutions that enroll a large number of African-Americans but are not recognized as historically Black schools.
June 26, 2007
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