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Native Americans
Native Leaders Protest Closure of UC-Berkeley’s Artifacts Restoration Unit
JUNEAU, Alaska Groups in Alaska are criticizing a California university’s decision to eliminate the unit that restores American Indian artifacts to their original owners.
July 29, 2007
Asian American Pacific Islander
Educational Challenges of Some Asian Students Being Overlooked, Says GOA Report
The perception of Asian American and Pacific Islanders as the “model minority” because of their exceptional educational achievement needs reevaluation, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
July 29, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Oregon University System, SEIU reach new agreement
CORVALLIS Ore. The Oregon University System and SEIU, the union that represents university classified workers, have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract that includes a 3 percent salary increase retroactive to July 1.
July 28, 2007
African-American
Museum guide program reflects NYC diversity
NEW YORK When a young boy loses interest in a museum tour, guide Hassan Mohamed expertly draws him back in.
July 28, 2007
Students
UA digs into Cuban American Indian history
TUSCALOOSA Ala. What might Cuba’s native culture looked like before the Spanish conquest in the early 1500s?
July 28, 2007
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Students
CareerTech funding not enough to meet student demand
TULSA Okla. Student demand for enrollment in programs offered by Oklahoma’s career and technology agency is more than the agency can afford to meet.
July 28, 2007
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College tuition rising in spite of higher public investment
OKLAHOMA CITY Students at Oklahoma colleges and universities are having to dig deeper into their pockets to pay ever-increasing tuition costs although state officials say public funding of higher education is at an all-time high.
July 28, 2007
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UCLA researcher who oversaw important study on women dies at 71
SANTA MONICA Calif. Dr. Howard Judd, a researcher who oversaw a groundbreaking national study of the medical problems of older women, has died. He was 71.
July 28, 2007
Disabilties
University of Kentucky Medical School’s surgical chief working to score a first
LEXINGTON Ky. The University of Kentucky’s new surgical chief aims to put UK on the medical map as a leader in the development of the artificial lung.
July 28, 2007
Students
Adults with low educational skills hamper W.Va. economy
CHARLESTON W.Va. Experts in economics, education and welfare agree: a key to improving West Virginia’s long-struggling economy is developing the state’s “human capital.”
July 28, 2007
Students
Most 2006-07 Kalamazoo Promise students get scholarship renewal
KALAMAZOO Mich. About 80 percent of students who received college scholarships under The Kalamazoo Promise program in 2006-07 kept up their grades enough to have their funding renewed this fall.
July 28, 2007
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Students choose skills programs instead of jobs
ALLENTOWN Pa. High School junior Jenn Pinkos spent a day earlier this month at DeSales University learning how to stage combat.
July 28, 2007
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UVM College of Medicine gets new dean
BURLINGTON Vt. A pediatrician from Buffalo, N.Y., will become the next dean of the University of Vermont College of Medicine.
July 28, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Some university leaders not waiting for next Missouri president
COLUMBIA Mo. As the search for a new University of Missouri president forges ahead, some high-ranking academic leaders aren’t waiting around to meet the new boss.
July 28, 2007
Students
Minn. student scores stay mostly steady in reading, math
ST. PAUL They didn’t jump dramatically nor did they fall precipitously. So, “steady” became the watchword as the Department of Education put out the latest batch of student test scores Sunday.
July 28, 2007
Students
Air Force Academy board hears ideas for diversifying recruits
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo. The Air Force Academy risks falling behind elite universities in recruiting a diverse student body unless it invests in sophisticated, data-driven techniques to find qualified students, a former Air Force leader said.
July 28, 2007
International
Experts say internal locks on classroom doors could save lives against Va. Tech-like rampages
BLACKSBURG Va. After a student gunman killed four of his classmates and his German teacher and then left, Derek O’Dell had to wedge one of his sneakers under the classroom door to keep the attacker from returning to kill even more.
July 28, 2007
Health
Health professionals, once Republican givers, now tilting Democratic
WASHINGTON Health care professionals are giving Democrats a second look after more than a decade of opening their wallets in favor of Republican candidates.
July 28, 2007
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