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Students Slow To Sign Up For Emergency Texting At LSU, ULL

BATON ROUGE La. Six months after 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus were murdered by a gunman, LSU and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette are struggling to sign students up for cell phone emergency text messaging systems.

University of Nebraska Foundation Gives $89.5 Million To Campuses

LINCOLN Neb. The University of Nebraska Foundation says it has transferred nearly $90 million to the system’s four campuses during the last year, a new high.

University of Missouri System Adds Guidelines For Student Lenders

COLUMBIA Mo. The University of Missouri system has joined at least 11 other public and private colleges in the state that have adopted codes of conduct designed to limit favoritism when linking banks with student borrowers.

Obama Campaigns at LA School Famous for ‘Stand And Deliver’ Film

LOS ANGELES Sen. Barack Obama promised to improve the education system Saturday when he brought his presidential campaign to the East Los Angeles school immortalized in the 1988 movie “Stand and Deliver.”

Obama Campaigns at LA School Famous for ‘Stand And Deliver’ Film

LOS ANGELES Sen. Barack Obama promised to improve the education system Saturday when he brought his presidential campaign to the East Los Angeles school immortalized in the 1988 movie “Stand and Deliver.”

Leadership & Policy

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Faculty Senate Calls for President’s Resignation

EDWARDSVILLE Ill. The faculty senate at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville passed a resolution Thursday asking for the system’s embattled president to resign over plagiarism claims.

Faculty & Staff

North Dakota Board of Higher Education Approves Salary Plan

FARGO N.D. The state Board of Higher Education has approved higher salary ranges for the state university system chancellor and college presidents. The board’s faculty adviser says the focus should now shift to teacher salaries.

Leadership & Policy

University of Houston System Picks South Florida Provost as Chancellor Finalist

HOUSTON A University of South Florida provost is poised to become the next chancellor of the University of Houston System.

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Leadership & Policy

Alabama Architect Defrauded Two-Year System With Bribes, Prosecutors Say

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Federal prosecutors say Anniston, Ala. architect Julian W. Jenkins gave bribes worth $85,000 to two-year college system Chancellor Roy Johnson and his family and $1,800 to a college president in return for more than $2.6 million in contracts.

Racial Disparities in Health Care Headlines UVA Symposium

Charlottesville, Va. A nine-member panel discussion on HIV/AIDS by community activists and health care providers last week ended the three-day Symposium on Race and Society hosted by the University of Virginia Health System designed to call attention to the issue of health disparities in the United States.

Leadership & Policy

Alabama Architect Defrauded Two-Year System With Bribes, Prosecutors Say

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Federal prosecutors say Anniston, Ala. architect Julian W. Jenkins gave bribes worth $85,000 to two-year college system Chancellor Roy Johnson and his family and $1,800 to a college president in return for more than $2.6 million in contracts.

Perspectives: Empty Promises in the STEM Fields

Are efforts to broaden diversity leading to empty promises of increased employment opportunities in science and engineering? The U.S. Government has been promoting and funding programs since the 1980s to increase the number of American women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities in the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce.

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