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More students are entering health care fields of study
SIOUX FALLS S.D. More than 6,000 people are enrolled in health-related programs at South Dakota’s public universities and technical schools, but those in the know say that’s still not enough.
July 27, 2007
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Black Idaho residents not surprised by racial threats
BOISE Idaho Black residents in Idaho say they are not surprised that the person who is perhaps the state’s most prominent and recognizable black man received racial threats leading up to his wedding with a white woman.
July 27, 2007
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Young workers search for paying jobs, gain experience
TUSCALOOSA Ala. When Hillcrest High School Media Specialist Stephanie Hickman needed parts of her house retiled earlier this year, she didn’t search the Yellow Pages or classifieds for an experienced tradesman
July 27, 2007
Health
Harvard’s Benjamin Sachs to head Tulane’s med school
NEW ORLEANS A Harvard Medical School professor will become head of Tulane University School of Medicine on Nov. 1, Tulane announced Wednesday.
July 27, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Wayne State latest in Michigan to raise tuition
DETROIT Wayne State University’s governing board on Wednesday approved a 12.8 percent tuition increase, plus a contingency fee of $13 per credit hour for students this fall.
July 27, 2007
Community Colleges
Bredesen frustrated by Board of Regents pace on ‘Wal-Mart 101’
NASHVILLE Tenn. It’s been nearly a year since Gov. Phil Bredesen announced a proposal to create a community college curriculum designed to prepare students to become managers at big-box retailers like Wal-Mart.
July 27, 2007
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Malaysia to issue guidelines on punishment for students
KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Malaysia’s Education Ministry will issue specific guidelines on how teachers should discipline students following an outcry over several recent cases that were condemned as student abuse, news reports and an official said Friday.
July 26, 2007
Latinx
Texas leads nation in teen birth rate, study says
HOUSTON Texas had the nation’s highest birth rate among teenagers ages 15 to 19 in 2004, according to a newly released study of children’s health.
July 26, 2007
Latinx
U.S.: Immigrants earning less, their children’s progress up economic ladder slows
NEW YORK The promise of the American dream continues to lure immigrants to U.S. shores, but the tide of opportunity is turning against the latest wave of new arrivals, according to a new report.
July 26, 2007
Latinx
Judge strikes down Hazleton’s illegal immigrant law
HAZLETON Pa. A federal judge on Thursday struck down the city of Hazleton’s tough crackdown on illegal immigrants, ruling unconstitutional a law that has been emulated by towns and cities around the nation.
July 26, 2007
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Ex-commissioner says UI Law School illegally defends immigrants
MOSCOW Idaho A former Canyon County commissioner and vocal foe of illegal immigration says instructors and students at the University of Idaho Law School are breaking the law by offering free legal representation to people who face deportation or other immigration proceedings.
July 26, 2007
Community Colleges
Interim chancellor named at LSU-Alexandria
BATON ROUGE La. Dr. H. Rouse Caffey, chancellor emeritus of the Louisiana State University AgCenter, has been appointed interim chancellor of LSU at Alexandria, officials said Thursday.
July 26, 2007
Community Colleges
Budget director named interim president of higher ed council
LEBANON Ky. The state Council on Postsecondary Education hired state Budget Director Brad Cowgill as interim council president on Thursday.
July 26, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Wayne State latest in Michigan to raise tuition
DETROIT Wayne State University’s governing board on Wednesday approved a 12.8 percent tuition increase, plus a contingency fee of $13 per credit hour for students this fall.
July 26, 2007
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College students will be able to renew B-On-Time loans
AUSTIN Qualifying college students will be able to renew loans from the state’s B-On-Time program in the upcoming school year, despite previous warnings that hundreds of students would lose the forgivable loans.
July 26, 2007
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SIUE exploring text-messaging method of warning campus of threats
EDWARDSVILLE Ill. In line on her college campus to donate blood, Angela Negron was unsure which was more surprising: That the school’s police happened upon a fellow student’s cryptic note allegedly threatening mayhem rivaling April’s massacre at Virginia Tech, or that she had to learn of the threat from a reporter not the school five days after it surfaced.
July 26, 2007
Leadership & Policy
4 Kansas regents nominees win approval of key Senate committee
TOPEKA Kan. Four people won the seal of approval Thursday from a key Senate committee to start serving on the state Board of Regents.
July 26, 2007
Students
Wisconsin attorney general: Race can be considered in admissions
MADISON Wis. A new freshman admissions policy requiring University of Wisconsin campuses to consider an applicant’s race as one of many factors is legal, the state attorney general said Thursday.
July 26, 2007
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