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On Equality, Obama Tells HBCU Students: “We Have More Work To Do”

WASHINGTON Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama told members of the Howard University community Friday that if elected he would work to restore justice and equality in the country and confidence that America’s judicial system works for everyone.

Purdue University tests text messaging alert system

WEST LAFAYETTE Ind. Purdue University says its test of an emergency messaging system was a success.

Plymouth State University reports computer system was hacked

PLYMOUTH N.H. Officials at Plymouth State University say they found evidence that hackers broke into the school’s computer system more than a year ago.

Community Colleges

Community college system growth celebrated

SOUTH PORTLAND Maine Just weeks in advance of a statewide bond issue vote that would benefit Maine’s community colleges, state officials Monday trumpeted a 57 percent growth in enrollment to 11,801 degree-seeking students over the last five years.

Accreditation Reform Focus of Forum

A forum on accreditation Friday in Washington, D.C., drew calls for changes in the current system as well as a need to focus on larger issues such as college affordability for low-income students and more accountability for institutions.

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.

Ardent terminates OSU med center agreement

TULSA Okla. Ardent Health Systems has terminated the academic affiliation agreement between the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the OSU Medical Center, which is owned by Ardent.

Saint Luke’s boards give support to affiliation proposal

KANSAS CITY Mo. Leaders of the St. Luke’s Hospital system on Friday voted to approve in principle a proposed affiliation with the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Leadership & Policy

University of West Georgia professor to run Alabama’s largest school system

MOBILE Ala. University of West Georgia professor Roy Nichols has been chosen as superintendent of Mobile County schools, the state’s largest system with some 65,000 students.

Purdue nanotech network gets $18 million grant

WEST LAFAYETTE Ind. A Purdue University-based system that allows nanotechnology researchers to use complex computer simulations online has received a five-year, $18.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Leadership & Policy

SIU discloses Poshard’s contract as university system’s president

Details of Glenn Poshard’s contract as president of the 35,000-student Southern Illinois University system:

Faculty & Staff

Board of Higher Ed gives tentative nod to president pay raises

MINOT N.D. Members of North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education are raising questions about new pay standards that would make the university system’s campus presidents eligible for hefty salary increases. One president compared the changes to being generous with a team’s coach while shortchanging its players.

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