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Students

Killings in Newark Challenge Delaware State “Family”

While law enforcement officials continue their investigations in the killing of three college students, the Delaware State University community is trying to cope with the loss of the victims as students return to the campus this week.

August 25, 2007

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Affirmative Action Still In Play, Says Departing LDF Leader

Theodore M. Shaw, president-director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund who is stepping down February 2008, talks to Diverse about his future plans and the ongoing fight to end inequality in education. He also has some choice words for anti-affirmative action advocate Ward Connerly.

August 18, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Colleges Struggle to Quit Rankings Habit

U.S. News & World Report releases its annual college rankings Friday in the face of the loudest and best-organized criticism from educators the magazine has ever encountered. But for all the complaints that the rankings warp college admissions and distract colleges from educating students, U.S. News still has the upper hand. Colleges are having a hard time quitting the magazine’s annual beauty contest.

August 14, 2007

Sports

New Mexico State football team will wear pink for breast cancer research

LAS CRUCES N.M. To most fans, college football is a black-and-blue sport. At New Mexico State, it’s time to think pink.

August 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Former Clark Atlanta President Picked to Head UMass-Amherst

SPRINGFIELD Mass. Former Clark Atlanta University president Thomas Cole Jr. is set to take over the UMass-Amherst campus for the next year, replacing a chancellor who left the school at odds with its administrators.

August 14, 2007

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Hillary Clinton tries to rally state support

TULSA Okla. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton told hundreds of supporters Saturday that she’s not sure that she can win over politically conservative Oklahoma in the 2008 election.

August 12, 2007

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Robertson’s Regent banking on tuition to stop deficits

VIRGINIA BEACH Va. Regent University plans to more than double its undergraduate enrollment this year as a first step toward balancing its budget.

August 12, 2007

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Falwell life insurance money rids Liberty University of its debt

LYNCHBURG Virginia The late Rev. Jerry Falwell left a $34 million (euro25 million) life insurance policy to the college and church he founded, ridding the financially troubled Liberty University of its debt, his son said.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University president wants to listen, learn

IOWA CITY Iowa Sally Mason just wants to listen.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Colleges Struggle to Quit Rankings Habit

VANCOUVER Wash. U.S. News & World Report releases its annual college rankings Friday in the face of the loudest and best-organized criticism from educators the magazine has ever encountered. But for all the complaints that the rankings warp college admissions and distract colleges from educating students, U.S. News still has the upper hand. Colleges are having a hard time quitting the magazine’s annual beauty contest.

August 12, 2007

Students

South Portland to provide postsecondary scholarships

SOUTH PORTLAND Maine A community group wants to help South Portland High School graduates to continue their education and will put up money to get the job done.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University of Iowa provost selected as new UConn president

STORRS Conn. The vice president and provost of the University of Iowa has been selected as 14th president of the University of Connecticut, officials said Wednesday.

August 6, 2007