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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.

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.

Community Colleges

Perspectives: Birmingham News editorial on Alabama’s two-year college system

The discovery of a little-known foundation for Alabama’s two-year college system is further proof these kinds of private entities need more regulation.

Study: Computerized System Breaks Down Language Barrier

Not everyone will admit to being depressed, and to make matters complicated, minority populations are less likely to seek mental health treatment.

St. Louis chancellor joins opposition to University of Missouri name change

ST. LOUIS University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor Thomas George has joined those opposing a proposed name change for the system’s Columbia campus.

Community Colleges

Promoting La Cultura Hispana

ASU’s Hispanic Research Center advances the arts and works to produce homegrown talent in the STEM fields.

Duke University to help Chinese improve health care system

DURHAM N.C. Duke University is partnering with a major academic health center and hospital network in China to help it do a better job of serving its patients, the school said Wednesday.

Leadership & Policy

Proposed pay changes for ND college presidents

Proposed changes to the North Dakota University System’s compensation policy for college presidents. A Board of Higher Education subcommittee agreed to the overhaul Tuesday, and they will be presented to the full board during its meeting at Minot State University on Thursday.

Nation’s largest school district wins top public education award

NEW YORK The nation’s largest school system has won the country’s top prize in public education that honors an urban district with the greatest student improvement and most success reducing achievement gaps among the poor and minorities.

Leadership & Policy

Examiners’ reports show Alabama 2-year colleges doing OK job

PRATTVILLE Ala. Financial aid abuse at Bishop State Community College has led state examiners to expand the scope of their audits, but such problems have not been found at other schools so far, an examiner told system presidents Tuesday.

Startup’s PC-sharing tech could rival more celebrated efforts to bring low-cost computing to disadvantaged students

When the government minister for technology in Macedonia, one of Europe’s poorest countries, decided to jolt the nation’s educational system by outfitting schools with new computers, he had a surprising array of blue-chip choices.

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.

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