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Leadership & Policy

Wayne State latest in Michigan to raise tuition

DETROIT Wayne State University’s governing board on Wednesday approved a 12.8 percent tuition increase, plus a contingency fee of $13 per credit hour for students this fall.

July 27, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Wayne State latest in Michigan to raise tuition

DETROIT Wayne State University’s governing board on Wednesday approved a 12.8 percent tuition increase, plus a contingency fee of $13 per credit hour for students this fall.

July 26, 2007

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Central State Forces Non-Paying Students to Withdraw

WILBERFORCE, Ohio Central State University officials said fifty-three of its 1,026 students will be forced to withdraw because they failed to make full payment of their education expenses this year — which totals $3,300 a year for full-time undergraduates.

July 14, 2007

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Judge Says Radio Station Can Keep Airwaves Klan-Free

ST. LOUIS A federal judge has ruled that the University of Missouri-St. Louis does not have to broadcast Ku Klux Klan announcements on its radio station.

July 14, 2007

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UDC under investigation – University of the District of Columbia

Yet with enrollment up and finances stable, campus officials look optimistically toward the future

July 13, 2007

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Controversial plan may cut student loan costs – student loan provision

Low- and middle-income college students could get a break on their student loans next year — if Congress can defy the wishes of private lenders.

July 11, 2007

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Race and higher education in South Africa

As South Africa enters the post-election era, the future of race relations in higher education is still undefined.

July 7, 2007

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Bail-out helps Texas Southern – at least temporarily – Texas Southern University

HOUSTON As Texas Southern University celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, university administrators are hoping a financial bail-out and accountability plan will help the historically Black college survive at least another fifty years.

July 6, 2007

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Connecticut School Desegregation Case Back in Court

HARTFORD, Conn. Connecticut’s landmark school desegregation case, Sheff v. O’Neill, is back in court in the form of a legal motion citing the failure of the legislature to approve a tentative agreement.

July 5, 2007

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Antioch College Alumni Fight to Keep the College Open

Antioch College alumni have come up with a plan to keep the college open by having it sever ties with the Antioch University system and stand on its own.

July 5, 2007

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Seattle schools facing $1 M attempt to recover legal costs

SEATTLE A day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Seattle Public Schools cannot use race as a tiebreaker for school assignments, the attorney who represented the parents who sued the district said he will try to recover his legal costs.

June 29, 2007

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$3 Million Pledge to LeMoyne Owen by City of Memphis OKed by Judge

MEMPHIS Tenn. A Memphis judge is allowing the city council to pay the first installment of a $3 million pledge to struggling Lemoyne-Owen College, after hearing arguments from a citizen against the gift.

June 29, 2007