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In Iowa, Romney Assails Giuliani, Huckabee on Tuition Breaks for Illegal Immigrants

SIOUX CITY Iowa Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, seeking to protect his narrowing lead and fend off challenges from rivals in this early-voting state, assailed Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani over supporting tuition breaks and broader sanctuary for illegal immigrants or their children.

November 13, 2007

Trustees Consider 2008-09 Budget; CSU Fees May Be Going Up

BERKELEY Calif. California State University trustees have tentatively approved a budget for next year that could mean higher student fees.

November 13, 2007

ND Higher Ed Committee Delays Formal Response to Med School Audit

BISMARCK N.D. Members of the state Board of Higher Education have put off a formal response to a state audit of the University of North Dakota medical school until they can meet with officials of the school and UND.

November 13, 2007

Indiana Voter ID Law Foes Say Poor, Minorities Less Likely to Have Cards

INDIANAPOLIS Poor, black and elderly people tend to be less likely than others to have the photo identification required to vote under Indiana law, opponents of the law said Tuesday, citing a survey of prospective voters.

November 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

State Higher-ed System Taps New Bloomsburg University President

HARRISBURG Pa. A Washington state university administrator has been tapped to become Bloomsburg University’s next president.

November 13, 2007

Regents Say Keeping Pay of Presidents Competitive is a Challenge

IOWA CITY Iowa Keeping the pay of the state’s three public university presidents competitive is a challenge, members of the Iowa Board of Regents say.

November 13, 2007

Prominent Black Congressman Augustus Hawkins Dies at 100

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Augustus Hawkins, the first African American from California to serve in Congress and helped form the Congressional Black Caucus, has died. He was 100.

November 13, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

UCLA Study See Inequities for Latino Students

Latino students lag far behind White and Asian students on every indicator of school success — achievement, high school graduation, and college preparation, according to a study by the University of California-Los Angeles Institute for Democracy, Education and Access.

November 13, 2007

New Mexico Receives $3.5 Million Grant to Enhance Nursing Programs

SANTA FE, N.M The New Mexico Higher Education Department has awarded $3.5 million to support nursing programs at 17 of the state’s public colleges and universities. The grants ranged from $50,000 to $500,000, the department announced.

November 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Texas School Board Member Wants Curriculum to Include More Hispanics

BROWNSVILLE, Texas A Texas State Board of Education member said Monday that upcoming revisions to the state’s core public school curriculum must include lessons on historical contributions made by Hispanics, women and American Indians.

November 13, 2007

Critics Take Aim at University of California Patent Shield

In the lucrative world of patents, the University of California is a major player. It receives by far more patents from the U.S. government than any school in the country. Yet, when it comes to getting sued for patent infringement, the university, as well as the state of California, are Teflon.

November 13, 2007

Veto Casts Cloud Over Education Bill That Would Have Increased Pell Grants, MSI Funding

President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a 2008 education budget bill that many advocates had championed for its proposed increases in student financial aid and college-access programs. Now, the House and Senate need to muster a two-thirds majority to bring into law the bill, which would have increased the maximum Pell Grant and provide more funding for minority-serving institutions.

November 12, 2007

Community Colleges

Study: Foreign Language Courses See Gains on Campus

Foreign language courses are booming on American college campuses, a new study finds, with enrollment in Arabic more than doubling from 2002 to 2006.

November 12, 2007

Blacks More Pessimistic About Racial Progress, Study Finds

WASHINGTON Growing numbers of Blacks say they’re worse off than five years ago and don’t expect their lives to improve, a study released Tuesday shows. Black pessimism about racial progress in America, according to the study, is the worst it’s been in more than two decades.

November 12, 2007

African-American

Va. Memorial to Honor 2 Md. Slaves Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin

ALEXANDRIA Va. In a city well known for famous slaveholders George Washington and Robert E. Lee, an office building planned on the site of a notorious slave pen will provide its first monument to slaves.

November 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

College President Salaries on the Rise Again

College presidents are getting healthy raises, and a dozen at private universities earn $1 million or more including benefits, according to a new survey published Monday.

November 12, 2007

P&G Ad Effort Focuses on Black Women

CINCINNATI There’s a little-girl memory that Najoh Tita-Reid recounts, as a way of explaining what’s behind a new campaign by the nation’s biggest advertiser.

November 12, 2007

Recruitment & Retention

La. Higher Ed Board Looking at Ways to Restructure State College Spending

BATON ROUGE La. Plans proposed by the state’s higher education governing board to restructure public college funding in Louisiana to reward schools based on their performance rather than enrollment would cost the state about $35 million more annually.

November 12, 2007