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Iowa’s ACT scores up slightly, remain among nation’s highest

DES MOINES Iowa Iowa high school graduates’ average ACT scores increased slightly this year and remain among the highest nationally.

August 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Faculty members sue Antioch College over planned closure

YELLOW SPRINGS Ohio Antioch College professors have sued the private liberal arts school to keep it from closing next summer, saying trustees violated the college’s contract with faculty members.

August 14, 2007

Minnesota students top nation in ACT scores

ST. PAUL Graduating seniors in Minnesota had the highest average score in the nation on the ACT college admission and placement exam for the third straight year in 2007, according to results released Wednesday by ACT.

August 14, 2007

OSU alum leaves estate to OSU engineering school

OKLAHOMA CITY A World War II veteran who was exposed to radiation during an atomic bomb explosion has left his California estate worth more than $750,000 to the Oklahoma State University College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, school officials said.

August 14, 2007

Chinese universities amass huge debts as student enrollment, operating costs soar

BEIJING China’s universities are getting a lesson in debt.

August 14, 2007

Cavaliers add assistant coach John Kuester

CLEVELAND John Kuester joined Mike Brown’s coaching staff with the Cleveland Cavaliers as an assistant, team officials said Tuesday.

August 14, 2007

ACT scores continue modest upward trend for class of 2007

The high school class of 2007 posted a modest increase on the ACT college entrance exam, extending the test’s upward scoring trend and showing improved levels of preparation for college.

August 14, 2007

Indiana ACT scores improve, remain above national average

INDIANAPOLIS This year’s class of Indiana high school seniors averaged higher scores on the ACT college entrance exam than those a year earlier, keeping state scores above a steadily climbing national average.

August 14, 2007

Environmentalists try to halt new WSU golf course

Washington The new golf course at Washington State University will use too much water, say environmentalists who are asking the state to prevent the course from opening.

August 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Catawba College president to retire at the end of school year

SALISBURY N.C. Catawba College’s president of more than five years plans to retire at the end of the 2007-2008 school year, officials announced Tuesday.

August 14, 2007

The Search Committee Handbook

Colorado higher ed commission votes to temporarily ease restrictions

VAIL Colo. Students with high grade-point averages or high ACT or SAT scores can enter Colorado’s public colleges next year even if they haven’t met strict new entrance requirements.

August 14, 2007

Rutgers student files lawsuit against Imus, CBS, MSNBC

NEW YORK A member of the Rutgers women’s basketball team sued Don Imus and CBS on Tuesday, claiming the radio personality’s sexist and racist comments about the team damaged her reputation.

August 14, 2007

Community Colleges

Texas community colleges mull tax hikes to make up for vetoed funding

AUSTIN Community college officials said they will have to consider property tax increases, tuition hikes and educational program cuts to compensate for $154 million in funds vetoed by Gov. Rick Perry.

August 14, 2007

Community Colleges

Lansing Community College, ex-employee settle lawsuit

LANSING Mich. Lansing Community College and its former in-house lawyer have settled a lawsuit filed following his dismissal last September.

August 14, 2007

African-American

Georgia State Professor Asa Hilliard Dies in Egypt

About 200 members of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) gathered Tuesday morning in Luxor, Egypt, at the tomb of Thutmose IV to commemorate the passing of one of the organization’s founders, the renowned multi-faceted scholar — Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III.

August 14, 2007

Black Students Receive F in Economics, According to National Report Card Assessment

WASHINGTON, D.C. When it comes to knowing the basics of economics, such as how banks use money deposited into checking accounts to fund loans and what the nation’s primary source of revenue is, Black students are the most clueless, according to the Nation’s Report Card on Economics.

August 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Former Clark Atlanta President Picked to Head UMass-Amherst

SPRINGFIELD Mass. Former Clark Atlanta University president Thomas Cole Jr. is set to take over the UMass-Amherst campus for the next year, replacing a chancellor who left the school at odds with its administrators.

August 14, 2007

In Hong Kong, flashy test tutors gain icon status

HONG KONG When Richard Eng isn’t teaching English grammar to high-school students, he might be cruising around Hong Kong in his Lamborghini Murcielago. Or in Paris, on one of his seasonal shopping sprees. Or relaxing in his private, custom-installed karaoke room festooned with giant Louis Vuitton logos.

August 13, 2007