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Community Colleges

Judge concerned about plea deal in Alabama junior college probe

BIRMINGHAM Ala. A federal judge refused to accept a plea agreement with an Auburn businessman who has become a major witness in the criminal investigation of Alabama’s two-year college system.

U.S. Supreme Court turns away tax challenge in Ala. deseg case

BIRMINGHAM Ala. The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to Alabama’s property tax system that was filed by plaintiffs in the state’s long-running higher education desegregation case.

Leadership & Policy

Utah higher ed chief will retire in December

SALT LAKE CITY The head of the Utah System of Higher Education said Wednesday he would retire in December.

Leadership & Policy

Board approves tuition hike at community colleges

FAIRFIELD Maine Tuition at the state’s seven community colleges will go up by 2.5 percent next year under a plan approved Wednesday by the Maine Community College System board of trustees.

Hopkins gets $48 million for intelligence collection research

BALTIMORE Johns Hopkins University has received a grant from the Department of Defense to develop computer systems to assist military and intelligence agencies process the huge amounts of data they collect.

Community Colleges

Tuition hike at community colleges eyed

FAIRFIELD Maine Trustees of the Maine Community College System are expected to consider a tuition rate increase of about 2.5 percent when they meet Wednesday.

LSU wants state health secretary to run med school, hospitals

BATON ROUGE, La. Louisiana State University is trying to convince the head of the state health department to run its medical school and hospitals, including the state charity hospital system.

Just the Stats: How Effective Are STEM Pipeline Programs?

Bridging the racial gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the so-called STEM fields, has become a priority for two organizations: the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation and the Model Institutions for Excellence.

Educating a New Majority: Transforming America’s Educational System for Diversity. – book reviews

Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia described the debate on the Colorado gay rights case as part of a “kulturkampf,” a German word meaning culture war.

Educating a New Majority: Transforming America’s Educational System for Diversity. – book reviews

Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia described the debate on the Colorado gay rights case as part of a “kulturkampf,” a German word meaning culture war. The term dates to the 1870s when Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck used the concept to eradicate Catholic influence in German society, using “government to enforce ideas of a German identity; a German way of thinking, a German culture, a more German Germany.”

In Bid To Keep Job, SU President Airs Details of Alleged Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Board Chair At Hearing

BATON ROUGE, La. Suspended Southern University System President Ralph Slaughter went to federal court Wednesday in an effort to save his job, and identified seven female university employees who complained about being sexually harassed by Southern Board Chairman Johnny Anderson last year.

Audit: Southern University System’s Finances Better

BATON ROUGE, La. The Southern University System’s finances are getting into shape – several problems remain, but none is major, according to the latest audit.

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