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O’Keeffe Museum Challenges Painting Deal Fisk Made With Arkansas Museum
NASHVILLE Tenn.Georgia O’Keeffe’s most famous painting “Radiator Building Night, New York” and 100 other works won’t be going to Arkansas if the museum that represents the late artist’s estate has its way.
October 15, 2007
Students
Massachusetts Casino Debate Includes Warnings That Students Face Chance of Gambling Addiction
BOSTON Harrah’s Entertainment pitched a proposed Rhode Island casino to college students as a place “to have fun when they’re taking a break from studying.”
October 15, 2007
Native Americans
Wisconsin Tribes Speak Out Against Offensive Sports Mascots
GREEN BAY Wis. Ahead of a state hearing this week on racially insensitive sports mascots, members of Wisconsin tribes decried the Washington Redskins’ name and logo as the NFL team played the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
October 15, 2007
Sports
Indiana University Punishing Basketball Coach Over Improper Recruiting Calls
INDIANAPOLIS Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson will not receive a $500,000 raise and his team will lose one scholarship for next season after violating NCAA-imposed sanctions on phone calls, the school announced Sunday.
October 15, 2007
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NYC Students To Get Cash Rewards for Top Scores on AP Exams
NEW YORK Students who do well on Advanced Placement exams will be rewarded with cash under a new plan financed with $1 million in private funds.
October 15, 2007
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Claflin VP Named President of Georgia HBCU
AUGUSTA Ga. George C. Bradley, the executive vice president at Claflin University in Orangeburg, S.C., has been named the new president of Paine College.
October 15, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Summit: Faculty Challenged to Get Off Athletic Sidelines and Get Involved
Washington, D.C. In response to the recently released Knight Foundation survey showing that higher education faculty care little about college athletics, a group of nationally recognized experts meeting here urged them to rethink their attitudes and lack of involvement.
October 14, 2007
Health
ACE Examines Older Adults’ Participation in Higher Education
For most, pursuing a college education is a youthful endeavor reserved for students 35 years of age and under, however, researchers at the American Council on Education (ACE) are trying to change that.
October 14, 2007
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Five Men, Five Different Views on Educating Black Males
Black males are discovering that they don’t need to ‘hit the books’ in order to make a living, and this is the reason behind recent statistics that report that as many as half of them drop out of high school and don’t pursue a college education.
October 14, 2007
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Latinx
International Panel to Address Latino Education at Annual HACU Conference
An international panel of experts will discuss critical issues for Hispanics in higher education as part of the annual meeting of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) set for Oct. 20-22 in Chicago.
October 14, 2007
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“Corridor of Shame” Receives National Attention, But Few Solutions
COLUMBIA S.C. Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards has become the latest Democratic presidential candidate to address struggling South Carolina schools in a rural swath dubbed the “Corridor of Shame.”
October 14, 2007
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Analysis: More Minority High School Students Graduating in Ohio Big Cities
COLUMBUS Ohio Urban minority high school students, a group that historically has had low graduation and attendance rates in Ohio, now have a better graduation rate than Black and Hispanic students elsewhere in the state, an analysis by a group of school administrators and teachers found.
October 14, 2007
HBCUs
South Carolina HBCU Raises Salaries for Some Professors
COLUMBIA, S.C. Benedict College trustees have approved a small pay increase for some professors, but salaries remain lower than they were before the school cut pay across the board two years ago during a financial crisis.
October 14, 2007
HBCUs
President of Murray State College Killed in Accident
ARPELAR, Okla. Services are pending for the president of Murray State College, who died when his vehicle collided with another vehicle, authorities said.
October 14, 2007
Health
Regent University Bans Student Over Unflattering Photo of Pat Robertson
RICHMOND Va. A Regent University law student who posted an unflattering photo of school founder Pat Robertson on the Internet has been banned from campus and ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation before he can return to classes.
October 14, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Lawsuit Against Oral Roberts University Revised to Include New Allegations
TULSA Okla. A lawsuit against Oral Roberts University, filed by three former ORU professors, has been revised to include an internal report that details allegations against university President Richard Roberts and his wife, Lindsay.
October 14, 2007
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Pennsylvania Universities Report Record Enrollment
ALLENTOWN Pa. Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities are reporting record enrollment for the sixth straight year.
October 14, 2007
HBCUs
Michigan State’s Ivy-covered Halls to Extend to Dubai University
EAST LANSING Mich. The next time Michigan State University expands its operations, it will be going a bit farther afield than Grand Rapids.
October 14, 2007
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