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Leadership & Policy
Name of Oklahoma State University Building After Alleged Racist At Issue
STILLWATER Okla. If Oklahoma State University prides itself on becoming one of the most diverse universities in the United States, surely it wouldn’t have a building named after one of the state’s most well known racists, right?
November 18, 2007
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Some Faculty Question NDSU Professor’s ‘Distinguished’ Status
FARGO N.D. Four of Tom Isern’s fellow professors at North Dakota State University are questioning whether he deserves a special award and the pay raise and title that goes with it.
November 18, 2007
Community Colleges
Arkansas Community Colleges Team up for More Aviation Programs
NORTH LITTLE ROCK Ark. Several Arkansas community colleges are teaming up to increase aviation education in the state.
November 18, 2007
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Choice of Major can Affect Whether Students Gets in College
CLEMSON S.C. If you’re planning to go to Clemson and you want to be an architect or a nurse, better cross your fingers. Those are two of the school’s most popular majors and they have limited spaces available, said Clemson admissions director Robert Barkley.
November 18, 2007
Students
Rhodes Scholars Named for 2008
WASHINGTON Thirty-two men and women from across the United States have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2008, the scholarship trust announced Sunday.
November 18, 2007
Community Colleges
Voters Approve Expanding Albuquerque Community College District
ALBUQUERQUE Voters have approved the expansion of Central New Mexico Community College’s tax district into northern Rio Rancho.
November 18, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Community Colleges to Offer Elementary Education Degrees
OKLAHOMA CITY Plans to offer four-year degrees in elementary education at four Oklahoma community colleges will help increase the number of elementary school teachers in the state, authorities said.
November 18, 2007
Community Colleges
West Hawaii Campus Building not a Long-term Solution
KAILUA-KONA Hawaii Work is to begin next summer on the first building for the planned West Hawaii Community College center, but it’s not a state or university project.
November 18, 2007
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Students
Penn’s Collaboration with Philly on School a Success Story
PHILADELPHIA In science class this fall, Maxwell Gontarek has been learning about genetic engineering by observing the offspring of two zebra fish an albino father and a wild mother.
November 18, 2007
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Feds Investigating Central Michigan University Noose Case
MOUNT PLEASANT Mich. Federal authorities are investigating who hung four nooses in a classroom on the Central Michigan University campus.
November 18, 2007
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John H. Cross Jr., Pastor of Church Bombed in ’60s, Dies at 82
ATLANTA The Rev. John H. Cross Jr., who dug through the rubble of his Alabama church looking for survivors of a bombing, then presided over a funeral for some of the youngest victims of civil rights-era violence, has died. He was 82.
November 18, 2007
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Former S.C. Gov. Robert McNair, Who Took Heat for Deadly Race-related College Clash, Dies
COLUMBIA S.C. Former Gov. Robert E. McNair, who helped guide the state through a turbulent era of race relations, including the deadly clash between state troopers and black college students known as the Orangeburg Massacre, has died. He was 83.
November 18, 2007
Students
University of California Tries to Better Understand Asian Students
The University of California is expanding the categories undergraduate applicants use to self-report their ethnicity as part of an effort to collect and better report the “complexities” of its Asian American and Pacific Islander students.
November 17, 2007
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Black Greeks Debate Their Future
“Enough is enough” was the sentiment of panelists and participants in Diverse’s Web chat last week, when they expressed that dangerous hazing undermines the noble principles on which Black Greek-letter organizations were founded.
November 17, 2007
Health
Delaware State Shooting Shows Gaps in Campus Violence Prevention Programs
Immediately after the shooting that later claimed the life of Shalita Middleton, 17, Delaware State University officials utilized many of the lessons learned from the Virginia Tech massacre, and responded by quickly locking down the campus and notifying students and staff. But what do campuses do to prevent the violence in the first place?
November 17, 2007
Students
At Germanna CC, Students Nurse Human-patient Simulators
LOCUST GROVE Va. Increasingly, students in the medical field can learn to tend to patients before setting foot in a hospital.
November 15, 2007
Students
Avila Professor Reaches Out to At-risk High School Students
KANSAS CITY Mo. Tears trickled down Reulan Levin’s face as she read the thank-you letter proof that her caring had helped lift a former student over seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
November 15, 2007
Sports
Former Florida A&M Coach and Athletic Director Hansel Tookes Dies at 86
TALLAHASSEE Fla. Former Florida A&M athletic director Hansel Tookes, who created the popular Florida Football Classic against archrival Bethune-Cookman, has died. He was 86.
November 15, 2007
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