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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:

September 20, 2007

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Univ. of Michigan president gives back salary hike

ANN ARBOR Mich. University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman says she honored but says she will give back a 3 percent pay raise.

September 20, 2007

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Missouri says it is exceeding school spending requirement

JEFFERSON CITY Mo. State attorneys asserted Thursday that Missouri is far exceeding a constitutional requirement for public school spending as a judge sought to wrap up the lone lingering aspect of a so-far unsuccessful lawsuit by schools.

September 20, 2007

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Interim president: Eastern Oregon University must make cuts and add students

LA GRANDE Ore. The interim president of Eastern Oregon University said this week that the university must reduce its expenses by $2.4 million this school year and staff cuts are unavoidable.

September 18, 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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Venezuela’s Chavez Warns Private Schools

CARACAS Venezuela President Hugo Chavez threatened on Monday to close or take over any private school that refuses to submit to the oversight of his socialist government as it develops a new curriculum and textbooks.

September 16, 2007

Leadership & Policy

WKU president Ransdell unveils sweeping changes

BOWLING GREEN Ky. Western Kentucky University president Gary Ransdell unveiled a wide-ranging plan on Friday designed to help one of the state’s largest schools shed its “regional” label.

September 16, 2007

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Chinese universities amass huge debts as student enrollment, operating costs soar

BEIJING China’s universities are getting a lesson in debt.

August 14, 2007

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DeVry turnaround progressing, analysts say following 2nd-quarter report

NEW YORK Analysts on Tuesday said DeVry Inc.’s turnaround is progressing, even though the for-profit education provider missed analyst estimates for fiscal fourth-quarter sales.

August 13, 2007

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Education, job security focus of New York Governor Spitzer’s `economic security’ plan for working poor

ALBANY N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Monday detailed a plan to better help the working poor rise from welfare to the middle class, including lowering the costs and increasing the availability of housing and day care.

August 13, 2007

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DeVry Fiscal 4Q Profit Rises 35 Percent, Misses Wall Street Estimates

OAKBROOK TERRACE Ill. DeVry Inc. on Monday said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 35 percent, partly due to higher enrollments, but the for-profit education company missed Wall Street estimates.

August 12, 2007

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Student loan holders sue to block college building plan

JEFFERSON CITY Mo. A lawsuit by student loan holders seeks to block Gov. Matt Blunt’s $350 million plan to finance college construction projects by taking money from the state’s student loan authority.

August 12, 2007