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Leadership & Policy

Swastika Found on Professor’s Door at Columbia University

NEW YORKA Jewish professor found a swastika on her office door at Columbia University, the latest symbol of bias and hatred found at the school in recent weeks, police said.

November 1, 2007

Sports

Assistant Coach at Center of Indiana U. Recruit Calls Case Resigns

INDIANAPOLIS Indiana assistant Rob Senderoff, the focus of an investigation into improper telephone calls to recruits that already has cost the Hoosiers one basketball scholarship and coach Kelvin Sampson a $500,000 pay raise, resigned Tuesday.

October 30, 2007

Sports

University of Illinois Allows Chief Illiniwek Images in Homecoming Parade

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Chief Illiniwek may be gone, but images depicting the controversial University of Illinois mascot will stick around at least during homecoming.

October 28, 2007

Students

Study: Student Loan Default Rates Highest Among Minorities

A new analysis of National Center for Education Statistics data shows high student loan default rates for Black and Hispanic students, students who leave college with a heavy debt burden and college graduates who take low-paying jobs.

October 23, 2007

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Nearly 900 Illinois Public Schools Don’t Meet No Child Left Behind Targets

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The last school year saw 896 Illinois public schools fail to meet rising No Child Left Behind achievement targets, a 30 percent increase from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

October 16, 2007

Sports

Bad Reception the Least of Sampson’s Phone Problems at Indiana University

Kelvin Sampson has phone trouble. He puts it down due to lousy reception, but by the time NCAA investigators are finished poring over his bill, a weak signal could turn out to be the least of his problems.

October 16, 2007

Sports

Indiana University Punishing Basketball Coach Over Improper Recruiting Calls

INDIANAPOLIS Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson will not receive a $500,000 raise and his team will lose one scholarship for next season after violating NCAA-imposed sanctions on phone calls, the school announced Sunday.

October 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Columbia Professor Targeted With Noose: “I Will Not Be Silenced”

NEW YORK Hundreds of students and faculty members at Columbia University in New York City rallied Wednesday afternoon to protest the hanging of a noose on the office door of a popular African-American professor.

October 9, 2007

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Grambling President Recommends Teacher Sanctions in Noose Lesson Incident

NEW ORLEANS The president of Grambling State University said Friday that he will seek sanctions against five teachers who participated in a lesson on race relations that included placing a noose around the neck of a child at a predominantly Black, on-campus elementary school.

October 6, 2007

Community Colleges

Utah student loan defaults exceed national average

LOGAN Utah Utahs average rate of student loan default is exceeding the national average.’s default rate for 2005 was 5 percent, above the national average of 4.6 percent. The state’s community colleges have the highest default rates, led by Salt Lake Community College at 6.8 percent.

September 16, 2007

Students

New Mexico Educators Won’t Face Federal Sanctions for School Racism Project

ALBUQUERQUE N.M. School leaders in a southern New Mexico district will not face federal sanctions for allowing a high school project on racism in which students posted signs reading “Whites Only” and “People of Color” above water faucets, federal officials said.

July 17, 2007

Sports

Videoconference searches for ways to end fraternity and sorority hazing

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas Prairie View A&M University’s suspension has been put on hold.

July 14, 2007