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Immigrants’ children grow up in dual-language world

WICHITA Kan. When smiley 10-year-old Lourdes Martinez runs over to her mom and talks, she does it in Spanish.

September 20, 2007

Recruitment & Retention

Cole says he won’t be just a care-taker at UMass-Amherst

AMHERST Mass. The new interim chancellor of the Univesity of Massachusetts-Amherst says he’ll be more than just a caretaker during his year at the helm.

September 20, 2007

Sallie Mae expects $25 billion buyout to close; report says investors want lower price

WASHINGTON SLM Corp., commonly known as Sallie Mae, on Thursday said it expects the investors seeking to buy it for $25 billion to honor their commitments.

September 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Series of tuition hikes continues for Alaska’s university system

ANCHORAGE Alaska Tuition at University of Alaska campuses will continue rising for at least the next two school years, according to a unanimous board of regents decision Wednesday.

September 20, 2007

UT plans to replace 30-year-old plane with $5.2M turboprop

KNOXVILLE Tenn. The University of Tennessee plans to sell its nearly 30-year-old plane and replace it with a new $5.2 million plane.

September 20, 2007

Missouri says it is exceeding school spending requirement

JEFFERSON CITY Mo. State attorneys asserted Thursday that Missouri is far exceeding a constitutional requirement for public school spending as a judge sought to wrap up the lone lingering aspect of a so-far unsuccessful lawsuit by schools.

September 20, 2007

Native Americans

Massachusetts students ordered to pay up or face lawsuits for music piracy

BOSTON The Recording Industry Association of America wants 83 students and staff at several Massachusetts universities to pay $3,000 each or face lawsuits for allegedly downloading music illegally using school computers.

September 20, 2007

Head of technology school resigns after critical audit

SALT LAKE CITY The president of the Utah College of Applied Technology has resigned, a month after a critical state audit, the state System of Higher Education said Thursday.

September 20, 2007

University of Mississippi’s frat’s year suspension upheld

OXFORD Miss. A University of Mississippi official says a year suspension given to a fraternity after a black student said he was called a racial slur at a party has been upheld.

September 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

West Virginia Higher Education Commission OKs raises for college presidents; WVSU President Hazo Carter to receive 3.5 percent pay raise.

CHARLESTON W.Va. The Higher Education Policy Commission has approved pay raises for the presidents of six public universities and colleges, along with two contract extensions.

September 20, 2007

FSU 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 20, 2007

Students Shot at Delaware State

DOVER, Del. Two students were shot and wounded, one seriously, at Delaware State University early Friday, and the campus was locked down as police searched for a gunman, officials said.

September 20, 2007

For HBCU Students, Jena Is The Civil Rights Movement of Their Generation

JENA, La. North Carolina Central University law student Quinn Byars had heard all the talk about being part of history for making the trek to Jena, La., with thousands of other protestors Thursday. But college students like Byars believe they’ve made a much bigger statement to the world.

September 20, 2007

Cornell’s African Degree Program Creates New Model For International Educational Cooperation

Cornell University and Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia have signed an agreement that could create a new model for how U.S. colleges and universities can export their expertise to poor nations where it is needed most.

September 20, 2007

Duke to Establish Justice Center For Wrongly Convicted

DURHAM, N.C. In the wake of the now-debunked rape case against three lacrosse players, Duke University will establish a center devoted to justice and training lawyers to fight wrongful convictions, president Richard Brodhead said this week.

September 20, 2007

wrongfulconviction

University of California regents OK sharp increases in professional school fees

DAVIS Calif. University of California leaders raised prices for professional schools Thursday, rejecting arguments that the increases close the door on poor students.

September 20, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Hocking College hires law firm amid state probe

NELSONVILLE Ohio Trustees at Hocking College hired a law firm to represent the school while the state attorney general’s office conducts an investigation.

September 20, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Embattled chancellor of University of California, Irvine apologizes for withdrawing offer to Duke legal scholar

IRVINE Calif. The embattled chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, avoided a public rebuke from faculty Thursday as he apologized for withdrawing an offer to make a liberal legal scholar from Duke University the founding dean of the university’s new law school.

September 20, 2007