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Utah State to Receive Largest Donation in School History

LOGAN Utah Utah billionaire Jon M. Huntsman Sr. is pledging the largest donation in Utah State University history.

November 20, 2007

Community Colleges

Kirkwood Professor Makes Push for Atheism

DES MOINES Iowa An Iowa community college professor is leading an effort to promote atheism and lobby for the removal of religious references from public life.

November 19, 2007

Students

New Leader Gives Troubled Texas College a Makeover

DALLAS (AP) — Jeans, flip-flops, sneakers, T-shirts, sweats. These define the college student wardrobe, right? Not at Paul Quinn College. Not anymore.

November 19, 2007

Community Colleges

League for Innovation in the Community College Wraps Up 23rd Annual CIT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This week, community college leaders were treated to the best in instructional technology by day and the best in country music by night at the Conference on Information Technology in Nashville.

November 15, 2007

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Obama Plan Focuses on Credit, Colleges

BETTENDORF, Iowa Democrat Barack Obama offered a package of proposals Wednesday aimed at halting growing income inequity, including an overhaul of bankruptcy laws and tax breaks to make college more affordable for the middle class.

November 6, 2007

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Trustees at Antioch College Say They’ll Keep School Open

COLUMBUS Ohio Trustees overseeing Antioch College said Saturday they have reversed an earlier decision and will keep the school open.

November 4, 2007

Sports

Talladega College Names New President

TALLADEGA, Ala. Dr. Billy Hawkins, president of Texas College in Tyler, Texas, has been named president of Talladega College with plans to bolster enrollment and possibly restart the athletics program.

November 1, 2007

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Donor of $70 Million Gift to Indiana University Revealed

BLOOMINGTON Ind. Indiana University officials have revealed the name of the donor of an anonymous $70 million gift given two years ago.

October 29, 2007

Students

Board Members Delay Decision on Future of Antioch College

YELLOW SPRINGS Ohio Antioch College board members postponed a decision Saturday on whether to reverse their decision to temporarily close the college, telling about 200 alumni, faculty and students that they’ll continue debating for several more days.

October 29, 2007

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Alums Donate $85M to UW-Madison Business School to Keep Name

MADISON Wis. A group of alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Madison are donating $85 million so the Wisconsin School of Business doesn’t change its name.

October 28, 2007

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Judge Rules Fisk/O’Keeffe Trial Won’t Take Place Until Next Year

NASHVILLE, Tenn. A trial to determine whether Fisk University can sell a stake in an art collection donated by Georgia O’Keeffe won’t begin until February despite the historically Black university’s precarious financial situation, a judge has ruled.

October 25, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

Investing in Asian American Women Through Education

For promoting education among Asian American women and other accomplishments, Wendy Cai recently became the youngest recipient of the United Nations Population Fund Award for the Health and Dignity of Women.

October 25, 2007