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University of Central Arkansas planning Chinese studies program

CONWAY Ark. A Chinese studies program involving several academic fields is planned at the University of Central Arkansas, paid for in part with a federal grant, university officials say.

September 22, 2007

Software design research adds new perspective to high-tech gender gap

SEATTLE For more than a decade, academics and technology executives have been frowning at the widening gender gap in computer science. Everyone has a theory, but no one has managed to attract many more women.

September 22, 2007

Iowa universities market, benefit from school credit cards

DES MOINES Iowa Iowa’s two biggest public universities are helping to market credit cards to their students, an arrangement that generates millions of dollars for the schools’ alumni organizations.

September 22, 2007

Dickinson State nursing staff hosts delegation from Russia

DICKINSON N.D. Russian nursing students and educators hope to learn more about campus courses and patient care during a visit to North Dakota.

September 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Oregon universities seek ways to prevent dropouts

EUGENE Ore. As classes begin at Oregon public universities, higher education officials hope to reduce a dropout rate that likely will result in the loss of 2,200 of 10,400 incoming freshmen before their sophomore year.

September 22, 2007

N.C. Central, A&T players involved in post-game fight

GREENSBORO N.C. Moments after North Carolina Central claimed victory over rival North Carolina A&T, the Eagle players decided on a celebration that would lead to a bench-clearing, helmet-swinging brawl.

September 22, 2007

Tennessee universities take steps to recruit more Hispanics

NASHVILLE Tenn. Universities across Tennessee are taking steps to recruit more Hispanics to diversify their student bodies, officials say.

September 22, 2007

NCAA championship teams honored in White House ceremony

WASHINGTON The men and women’s rifle team from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks has earned the distinction of traveling the farthest for a White House ceremony Friday honoring NCAA championship teams.

September 22, 2007

Scandals affect drop at Texas Southern University, but officials say decline is temporary

HOUSTON Enrollment at Texas Southern has dropped to its lowest point in five years and school officials acknowledge that the internal scandals that drew the attention of state lawmakers made an impact.

September 22, 2007

Fayetteville State University nursing program on warning status after rules violations

FAYETTEVILLE N.C. State officials have placed Fayetteville State University’s nursing program on warning status because of multiple violations of state rules.

September 22, 2007

Enrollment up at Western New Mexico University

SILVER CITY N.M. Western New Mexico University says enrollment this fall has risen by 5 percent over fall 2006.

September 22, 2007

Community Colleges

Smokey Robinson honored by United Negro College fund for contribution to education

LOS ANGELES Legendary Motown singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson is being honored for his contributions to the miracle of education.

September 22, 2007

Missouri State University objects to restrictions on Ashcroft speech

SPRINGFIELD Mo. The only authorized taped copy of a speech given by former Attorney General John Ashcroft has been returned after Missouri State University officials objected to restrictions placed on who could listen to it.

September 22, 2007

Internet changes way students learn in Tuscaloosa

TUSCALOOSA Ala. If you’ve got an American History class at Northridge High School, you can forget about waiting until the last minute to finish your assignments.

September 22, 2007

Federal lawsuit filed in New York challenging immigration raids on homes as unconstitutional

NEW YORK Immigration authorities violated Hispanic families’ civil rights by raiding their homes without court warrants, sometimes bursting in before dawn to look for people who didn’t live there, according to a federal lawsuit.

September 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University system needs to raise employee pay, Regents told

BILLINGS Mont. The Montana university system needs to find a way to better compensate its employees either through better pay or benefits before the quality of education suffers, the state Board of Regents was told.

September 22, 2007

Edwards rolls out education policy

DES MOINES Iowa Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards rolled out a program for reforming primary education in the United States on Friday, proposing to pay teachers up to $15,000 more in high poverty areas and initiating universal preschool.

September 22, 2007

Ohio lawmakers begin search for new statue in U.S. Capitol

COLUMBUS Ohio Lawmakers want schoolchildren to help recommend a new statue of a famous Ohioan to represent the state in the U.S. Capitol.

September 22, 2007