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Faculty & Staff

Outgoing Philadelphia Mayor to Teach Urban Policy at Temple U.

PHILADELPHIA Outgoing Philadelphia Mayor John Street will enter the world of academia when he leaves office in a couple of months.

November 8, 2007

University of Wisconsin-Madison Moves Up in Research Rankings

MADISON, Wis. University of Wisconsin-Madison is moving up in the national research rankings.

November 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Patton to Retire as Head of Georgia State University

ATLANTA Georgia State University President Carl Patton will retire next summer after 16 years at the helm of the downtown Atlanta campus, University System of Georgia officials announced Thursday.

November 8, 2007

College-application Supplements Becoming Big Pain

When Zoe Portman finished her essay for the Common Application the widely used college-admissions form that can be sent to multiple schools she thought she had completed the bulk of the application process.

November 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Former Oklahoma State University President Running for Senate

OKLAHOMA CITY Former Oklahoma State University President Jim Halligan is running for the state Senate.

November 8, 2007

Iowa Awarded $23 Million Contract for Clinical Trials

IOWA CITY, Iowa The University of Iowa was awarded a seven-year, $23.7 million contract to conduct clinical trials on flu vaccines.

November 8, 2007

Some Undergrads to Benefit From Tuition Caps at University of North Carolina Campuses

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Tuition caps will help many undergraduates in the University of North Carolina system next year, including those at UNC-Chapel Hill and three other schools that are barred from raising in-state tuition at all.

November 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Utah Valley State College Approves First Master’s Degree for Utah Valley University

OREM, Utah Utah Valley State College has taken a big first step toward its new status as a university.

November 8, 2007

Med School Audit Critical of Dean, Family Practice Finances

GRAND FORKS, N.D. A new audit is critical of the management of the University of North Dakota medical school and says family practice centers in Bismarck and Minot are on shaky financial footing.

November 8, 2007

Gunfire Erupts at Venezuela University

CARACAS Venezuela Masked gunmen opened fire on students returning from a march in which tens of thousands of Venezuelans denounced President Hugo Chavez’s attempts to expand his power through constitutional changes.

November 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Delaware State Shooting Victim Honored at Memorial Service

DOVER, Del. In music and words, the Delaware State University community on Thursday honored a student mortally wounded in a campus shooting, but the most striking words may have come from the victim herself.

November 7, 2007

Perspectives: Exposure, High Expectations and Academic Rigor are Critical for Achieving College Success

Many Black students, high school valedictorians included, are entering college completely ill-equipped academically and with the false perception that college is a form of “advanced high school.” The problems in education are twofold: the failure to graduate and the failure to graduate students prepared for success in college. The Center for Leadership Development provides a model that helps youth see that college success is truly an option.

November 7, 2007

Bill Introduced to Lower Campus Birth Control Prices

A new bill introduced in the U.S. Congress this week would reduce the cost of birth control for college students and low-income women nationwide.

November 7, 2007

UK Adopts New Security Check for Foreign Graduate Students

LONDON The British government has introduced a new program of security checks for foreign graduate students to prevent sensitive scientific information from being used in other countries to develop weapons of mass destruction.

November 7, 2007

University of Wisconsin, State Found in Violation of Clean Air Act

MADISON Wis. A 53-year-old coal power plant on the University of Wisconsin campus has been in violation of the federal Clean Air Act for five years, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

November 7, 2007

Montana Tribal College Dreams Big, Celebrates 30th Anniversary

PABLO Mont. If she wanted to, Lois Slater wouldn’t have to go any farther than a mirror to find a compelling story about how educational opportunities can turn a life around.

November 7, 2007

Several Arrested at Anti-development Protest at UC, Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ Calif. Several people have been arrested at the University of California, Santa Cruz campus after two anti-growth protests merged at the site of a proposed parking lot.

November 7, 2007

American Public Education Increases Price for IPO Shares

CHARLESTON W.Va. Investor interest in American Public Education’s planned initial public stock offering appears to be rising.

November 7, 2007