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South Korea court refuses to issue arrest warrant for ex-professor in fake degree scandal

A South Korean court rejected a prosecutors’ request Tuesday for a warrant to arrest a former college professor accused of faking her Yale doctorate in an escalating scandal that forced a senior presidential aide to quit.

September 17, 2007

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Attorney in “Jena 6” case files motion to release Mychal Bell

The attorney for a teenager whose conviction as an adult in a racially charged schoolyard beating was overturned last week has filed motions to have him released from jail, or at least moved to a juvenile facility, while the prosecutor appeals.

September 17, 2007

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Lawsuit challenges equality of Columbus public schools

Ohio’s embattled public schools were confronted with a new lawsuit Monday challenging whether students within each district being treated equally.

September 17, 2007

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Little Rock center tells story of 1957 integration at Central High School

The shrieking white crowds, the armed soldiers, the recalcitrant governor and the nine black teenagers who dared to attend all-white Central High School tell the story of civil rights in America at a new visitors center.

September 17, 2007

Students

D.A. Under Fire for Hazing Case

TRENTON, N.J. After a Rider University freshman died following a drinking binge at an on-campus fraternity, prosecutors took the unusual step of indicting two university officials.

September 17, 2007

Sports

Mississippian is first woman official in Bowl Subdivision

MEMPHIS Tenn. When Jacksonville State and Memphis kicked off Saturday night, line judge S.B. Thomas didn’t stand out.

September 16, 2007

Students

D.A. Under Fire for Hazing Case

TRENTON N.J. After a Rider University freshman died following a drinking binge at an on-campus fraternity, prosecutors made the unusual step of indicting two university officials.

September 16, 2007

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Report Blames Supreme Court For Re-segregation Of Schools

Resegregation in American public schools has intensified over the last two decades, particularly in the American South, and the U.S. Supreme Court is largely responsible for this trend. Those are the findings in a new report released by the Civil Rights Projects, which is headquartered at the University of California, Los Angeles.

September 13, 2007

STEM

A Tale of Two Indias

India’s Supreme Court recently upheld a stay against a quota system in higher education for historically oppressed Indians. Upper- and lower-caste Indians are at odds over the ruling.

September 13, 2007

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Judge Rejects Fisk Univ.-O’Keeffe Museum Deal, Backs Wal-Mart Heiress Proposal.

A Tennessee judge on Monday strongly suggested she may craft “legal relief” for Fisk University that would put millions of dollars in the school’s coffers while allowing it to retain ownership of the prestigious Alfred Stieglitz Collection of art and photographs, key parts of which the school has been trying to get court permission to sell for nearly two years.

September 10, 2007

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Sobering Statistics

Sixty-seven percent of Black male students who begin college never complete their degrees.

September 5, 2007

STEM

A Tale of Two Indias

India’s Supreme Court recently upheld a stay against a quota system in higher education for historically oppressed Indians. Upper- and lower-caste Indians are at odds over the ruling.

September 5, 2007