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ND Higher Ed Committee Delays Formal Response to Med School Audit

BISMARCK N.D. Members of the state Board of Higher Education have put off a formal response to a state audit of the University of North Dakota medical school until they can meet with officials of the school and UND.

November 13, 2007

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Wisconsin Won’t Seek Payment in Deal with Former UW-Whitewater Dean

MADISON Wis. The state will no longer seek reimbursement from a former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater dean who was fired for financial mismanagement, under a legal settlement made public Thursday.

November 8, 2007

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Med School Audit Critical of Dean, Family Practice Finances

GRAND FORKS, N.D. A new audit is critical of the management of the University of North Dakota medical school and says family practice centers in Bismarck and Minot are on shaky financial footing.

November 8, 2007

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Professional Appointments

Dr. Reginald S. Avery has been appointed president of Coppin State University (Md.). Currently executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of South Carolina Upstate, he will assume his new position in January. Avery earned a bachelor’s from North Carolina A&T State University, a master’s from the George Williams College of Aurora University […]

October 31, 2007

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Bishop State Finance Director Terminated

MOBILE, Ala. The business manager at Bishop State Community College has been placed on administrative leave and is in the process of being terminated for various reasons, including failure to effectively manage her office.

October 25, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Tutu Will Visit St. Thomas If Professor Is Reinstated

ST. PAUL Minn. Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu has notified the University of St. Thomas that he’ll accept an invitation to speak on campus next spring, but only if the university reinstates Cris Toffolo as director of the Justice and Peace Studies Program.

October 22, 2007

Students

Schools: Faculty Shortages Major Roadblock to Training New Nurses

CHARLESTON S.C. South Carolina nursing school administrators say the major roadblocks to training more nurses is a shortage of faculty and facilities.

October 21, 2007

Community Colleges

Professional Appointments

Dr. Wilson G. Bradshaw has been appointed president of Florida Gulf Coast University. Previously, Bradshaw served as president of Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minn., where he was also a professor of psychology and a member of the graduate faculty. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s from Florida Atlantic University and a doctorate from […]

October 21, 2007

Community Colleges

Middlesex Community College Dean Elected To Congress

LOWELL, Mass. The widow of 1992 presidential candidate Paul Tsongas defeated the brother of an American Airlines pilot slain in the Sept. 11 terror attacks Tuesday in the special election to replace Democrat Martin Meehan in the U.S. House.

October 17, 2007

Community Colleges

Middlesex Community College Dean Elected To Congress

LOWELL, Mass. The widow of 1992 presidential candidate Paul Tsongas defeated the brother of an American Airlines pilot slain in the Sept. 11 terror attacks Tuesday in the special election to replace Democrat Martin Meehan in the U.S. House.

October 17, 2007

African-American

Columbia University’s Institute of African Studies Reopens Under New Leadership

Columbia University has reopened its Institute of African Studies and has hired a new director as a result of widespread protests among students and alumni.

October 16, 2007

Health

Regent University Bans Student Over Unflattering Photo of Pat Robertson

RICHMOND Va. A Regent University law student who posted an unflattering photo of school founder Pat Robertson on the Internet has been banned from campus and ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation before he can return to classes.

October 14, 2007