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Sports

Governor Orders Texas Southern To Begin Financial Cleanup

HOUSTON Gov. Rick Perry has ordered the regents of Texas Southern University to develop a plan for fixing the school’s financial problems or resign.

January 28, 2007

Students

House Votes To Cut Student Loan Interest Rates Over White House Objection

After pledging early action on higher education in 2007, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a plan to cut student loan interest rates by half over a five-year period despite strong White House opposition.

January 16, 2007

HBCUs

Education Dept. Plans To Boost

If you direct facilities planning at a historically Black college or university, expect to hear from the U.S. Department of Education…

December 27, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Audit Finds $2 Million Deficit at Cheyney University

An annual audit of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities has found that Cheyney University finished…

October 4, 2006

Disabilties

Needed: More Parental Input

I think [the column] highlights some of the problems with entrusting the education of our young people to the public school system…

September 20, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Audit Finds $2 Million Deficit at Cheyney University

CHEYNEY, Pa. An annual audit of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities has found that Cheyney University finished the 2005-2006 fiscal year with a deficit of more than $2 million, officials said Thursday.

September 8, 2006

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Congressmen Seek IRS Review Of Ward Connerly’s Pay

Two Democratic congressmen have asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether affirmative action foe Ward Connerly’s pay violates federal tax laws on excessive compensation.

August 7, 2006

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Keep it Coming

Just finished reading the May 18th edition of Diverse and what a real delight! I was not familiar with the publication…

July 12, 2006

Community Colleges

Hope and History in the Hills of Ohio

When senior writer Ronald Roach traveled to Ohio to visit the 150-year-old historically Black Wilberforce University…

June 14, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Report: UT Memphis Chancellor’s Spending Questioned

The chancellor of the University of Tennessee’s Health Science Center in Memphis is being questioned about the cost of work done on his residence, according to a newspaper report.

May 29, 2006

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New Wars Prompt New Look At ‘War Orphan’ Tuition Waivers

Brisa Dorff is 5 years old and won’t start kindergarten until this fall, but if she stays in Minnesota her college tuition should be covered. Dorff’s father, Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Dorff, died two years ago when his helicopter crashed during a rescue mission in Iraq. A World War II-era law on Minnesota’s books entitles children of fallen soldiers to free tuition at public universities.

May 10, 2006

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Schools in South Carolina Work Through Confederate Holiday

Confederate Memorial Day is a mandatory state holiday in South Carolina, but you wouldn’t know it from the classrooms. Only one of the state’s 85 school districts closed Wednesday in observation of the holiday, the product of a legislative compromise that also created a permanent Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

May 10, 2006