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Ebony Publisher Pledges $2.5 Million to Create Journalism Center at USC

The publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, Johnson Publishing Co., has pledged $2.5 million to create a new program to support journalism and communication students in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.

September 19, 2007

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North Dakota lawmaker: Be cautious with university presidents’ homes proposals

FARGO N.D. A proposal to build a new home for the North Dakota State University president might not sit well with the public, even though private money would fund the estimated $900,000 cost, a state lawmaker says.

September 18, 2007

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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.

September 17, 2007

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UH-Hilo offering financial aid to older students

HILO Hawaii Imagine going back to college in your late 20s or even your 30s or 40s to finish an undergraduate degree. There would be homework, tests and rubbing shoulders with much younger students.

September 16, 2007

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Fall 2007 OSU system shows increases in Hispanic, Native American enrollment, but overall system enrollment declines

STILLWATER Okla. Lower high school graduation rates, increased admission standards and stiff competition from neighboring universities caused a slight decline in enrollment across Oklahoma State University’s five campuses.

September 16, 2007

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Navajo Leaders Struggle To Understand University of Arizona Tragedy

The two Navajo girls, scholarship winners studying at the University of Arizona in Tucson, were the kind of young people Navajo elders hope and pray will carry on for them. Now, one is dead; The other is charged with her murder; And a community struggles to understand.

September 13, 2007

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Controversy Erupts at N.Y. College Over Tenure for Palestinian Professor

Another controversy involving Mideast politics has erupted on the Columbia University campus, and this time it is over whether to grant tenure to an anthropology professor of Palestinian descent.

September 11, 2007

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ASU Providing Private Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants

PHOENIX Arizona State University has helped as many as 200 illegal immigrants obtain private scholarships this semester to help pay for higher out-of-state tuition that voters approved in a state referendum, university President Michael Crow said.

September 9, 2007

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Creativity in Its Most Pure Form

Annual workshop aims to convert writing from a solo endeavor to a communal experience.

September 5, 2007

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Justice Department Sides with Mormon Student Who Lost State-Funded Scholarship

CHARLESTON, W.Va. The U.S. Department of Justice is backing a Mormon student who lost his state-funded, merit-based scholarship because he left West Virginia University to serve a two-year church mission.

August 27, 2007

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NCAA Committee Addresses the Issue of Pregnancy in Student-Athletes

In July, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics reviewed concerns about how female student-athletes are being treated if they become pregnant.

August 22, 2007

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State releases first batch of Michigan Merit results

LANSING Mich. Most of last academic year’s Michigan high school juniors did well enough on a new standardized test to eventually get some college scholarship money from the state.

August 14, 2007