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Ohio University trains school’s first SWAT team

ATHENS Ohio A squad of police officers from Ohio University has completed training to become the school’s first certified SWAT team, filling a gap the department’s chief said became clear after a gunman killed 32 people at Virginia Tech.

September 22, 2007

N.C. State names graduate management school for Wachovia exec

RALEIGH N.C. North Carolina State University said Friday it will name its graduate school of management in honor of Benjamin P. Jenkins III, vice chairman and president of Wachovia Corp.’s general bank.

September 22, 2007

UT plans to replace 30-year-old plane with $5.2M turboprop

KNOXVILLE Tenn. The University of Tennessee plans to sell its nearly 30-year-old plane and replace it with a new $5.2 million plane.

September 20, 2007

Native Americans

Massachusetts students ordered to pay up or face lawsuits for music piracy

BOSTON The Recording Industry Association of America wants 83 students and staff at several Massachusetts universities to pay $3,000 each or face lawsuits for allegedly downloading music illegally using school computers.

September 20, 2007

Head of technology school resigns after critical audit

SALT LAKE CITY The president of the Utah College of Applied Technology has resigned, a month after a critical state audit, the state System of Higher Education said Thursday.

September 20, 2007

Wayne State gets $408 million software, technology gift

DETROIT General Motors Corp. is one of several corporations combining to donate nearly $408 million in software and technology to Wayne State University.

September 18, 2007

Startup’s PC-sharing tech could rival more celebrated efforts to bring low-cost computing to disadvantaged students

When the government minister for technology in Macedonia, one of Europe’s poorest countries, decided to jolt the nation’s educational system by outfitting schools with new computers, he had a surprising array of blue-chip choices.

September 16, 2007

Competitiveness Bill Seeks To Attract Minorities To STEM Fields

A multi-billion dollar competitiveness bill headed for President Bush’s desk has several key provisions to attract more minority students to careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

August 12, 2007

CareerTech funding not enough to meet student demand

TULSA Okla. Student demand for enrollment in programs offered by Oklahoma’s career and technology agency is more than the agency can afford to meet.

July 28, 2007

Southern center aims to aid Africa

BATON ROUGE La. Victor Mbarika envisions Louisiana doctors serving the sick and needy in Africa without having to leave their American offices.

July 28, 2007

Community Colleges

High schoool educators get look at Alabama HBCU’s auto institute

MONTGOMERY Ala. Trenholm State Technical College wants high school educators to know that the path to a career doesn’t always go through a four-year college.

July 26, 2007

Community Colleges

The Changing Face of Journalism

The business climate affecting journalism has radically changed over the years. Mergers between entertainment companies and news organizations have contributed to what many journalists see as an erosion of seriousness in the news media.

July 25, 2007

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