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North Dakota higher education board committee looking at contracts of college and university presidents
BISMARCK N.D. North Dakota’s state Board of Higher Education is taking a look at the contracts of college and university presidents, with changes proposed in termination policies and foundation contributions.
September 16, 2007
HBCUs
Herbal traditions gain academic interest at Appalachian college
FROSTBURG Md. Frostburg State University instructor Sunshine Brosi leads a half-dozen earnest undergraduates 20 yards through the underbrush of a shady forest. Stooping near some black cherry trees, she plucks a pear-shaped yellow berry as long as her thumb from a shin-high plant with large, graceful leaves.
September 16, 2007
Latinx
Purdue Latinos celebrate Cordova presidency
WEST LAFAYETTE Ind. Sophomore Elizabeth Gutierrez sometimes felt out of place at Purdue University. That was before she became active in its Latino Cultural Center and the school hired its first Hispanic president, France Cordova.
September 16, 2007
Faculty & Staff
GOP politician sent email asking how to stop naming of UC Irvine law school dean
IRVINE Calif. A conservative Los Angeles County politician asked about two dozen people in an e-mail last month how to prevent the University of California, Irvine from hiring renowned liberal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky as its founding law school dean, a spokesman for the politician said Friday.
September 16, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
UND surpasses goal for research money
GRAND FORKS N.D. University of North Dakota researchers received more than $100 million in grants, contracts and other funding in fiscal 2007, surpassing the school’s goal.
September 16, 2007
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Students
College curriculums catering to student-run businesses
INDIANAPOLIS Like many Americans, Aaron Lifford and Jessica Keckhaver dreamed of running their own business.
September 16, 2007
Students
Market’s tuition program nourishes workers’ minds
LEVITTOWN Pa. Redner’s Markets Inc. is using a new tuition reimbursement program to encourage employees at its local warehouse markets to go to school.
September 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
WKU president Ransdell unveils sweeping changes
BOWLING GREEN Ky. Western Kentucky University president Gary Ransdell unveiled a wide-ranging plan on Friday designed to help one of the state’s largest schools shed its “regional” label.
September 16, 2007
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Student loan group spent $680,000 lobbying federal government in first half of 2007
WASHINGTON Citizens Financial Group, a division of the Royal Bank of Scotland PLC with banking branches in 13 U.S. states, spent $680,000 to lobby the federal government in the first half of 2007, according to a disclosure form.
September 16, 2007
Community Colleges
Maricopa County colleges won’t arm police now despite new law
MESA Ariz. Police who patrol Maricopa County Community College District campuses won’t be armed until at least next year despite a new state law requiring them to carry guns that takes effect next week.
September 16, 2007
Community Colleges
Aging population likely to mean need for more nurses
ASHEVILLE N.C. It was Cynthia Busche’s first day as a nurse in the Mission Hospitals emergency department, but she is no stranger to the nursing world.
September 16, 2007
International
Sudanese MSU student sets up project to educate country’s women
MURRAY Ky. Gabriel Akech Kwai was 7 years old when his father was murdered in Northern Sudan. His home country was then divided during a civil war that eventually forced him to travel with the 33,000 other Lost Boys of Sudan to Ethiopia and later to a Kenyan refugee camp.
September 16, 2007
Latinx
Author of state immigration law says it appears to be working
TULSA Okla. Reports that Hispanic children are leaving Tulsa Public Schools indicates that Oklahoma’s tough new immigration law is working, according to the law’s authors.
September 16, 2007
Students
Cartoon in Connecticut student-run newspaper draws protests from Hispanics and other groups
HARTFORD Conn. The student-run newspaper at Central Connecticut State University is under fire for publishing a cartoon this week that critics call racist and sexist.
September 16, 2007
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Idaho State University hopes to boost enrollment with new hire
POCATELLO Idaho Idaho State University has hired a new administrator to increase enrollment at the eastern Idaho campus.
September 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
SIU names faculty members to review plagiarism claims against Poshard
CARBONDALE Ill. Seven senior Southern Illinois University faculty members will investigate allegations of plagiarism against the system’s president, the school’s chancellor announced Friday.
September 16, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Arizona universities, colleges looking to expand online classes
TUCSON Ariz. The digital era is helping remove the need for college students to show up on campus.
September 16, 2007
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State universities and colleges hand out record-number degrees
LOUISVILLE Ky. Public universities and colleges reached a record recently, handing out more than 43,900 degrees and credentials during the last academic year, state officials said.
September 16, 2007
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