Tag: Private Colleges & Universities: Page 20

STEM

Bogus Degree Sale Scheme Hits New York City college

NEW YORK Teachers, students and administrators tampered with a private college’s computer system to change grades and create fake degrees for money, prosecutors charged Monday. Among the fake degrees given were those for physicians’ assistants, they said.

July 18, 2007

Students

Enrollment Growing Faster at Tennessee’s Private Colleges

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The state’s private colleges are growing faster than public ones, government data show.

July 17, 2007

Home

Private college recruiters minimize 209/Hopwood impact – California’s Proposition 209; US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Hopwood decision

WASHINGTON In spite of California’s Proposition 209 and the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Hopwood decision. minority students who hope to go on to major institutions of higher education shouldn’t fret.

July 11, 2007

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Southern Miss signs junior college player

HATTIESBURG Miss. Southern Miss signed third baseman Josh Fields of Arkansas-Fort Smith Junior College to a national letter of intent Tuesday.

July 3, 2007

Community Colleges

Franklin Pierce College now a university

RINDGE N.H. Franklin Pierce College now is Franklin Pierce University

July 2, 2007

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Syracuse, JPMorgan join to build new center, new study program

SYRACUSE N.Y. JPMorgan Chase will invest $30 million to help develop new financial service technology and infrastructure courses at Syracuse University under a 10-year partnership announced Wednesday.

June 26, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The dirty little secret of college admissions – irregularities in the admission procedure at the University of California

In the aftermath of an expose by the Los Angeles Times that some students were admitted to the University of California at the request of prominent people, a report by the university was recently released.

June 20, 2007

Students

More Missouri Colleges Sign Student Loan Code

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Eleven public and private colleges in Missouri have agreed to a code of conduct regarding student loans, Attorney General Jay Nixon said Wednesday.

June 20, 2007

Sports

Holding on to what they’ve got – analysis of programs implemented by six institutions to keep college students in school

A generation ago, when there were more college-age students than there were desks in America’s public and private colleges and universities, making sure that students stayed in school was hardly a priority. Even less exclusive institutions could be selective about which students they admitted and cavalier about those they lost.

June 16, 2007

Students

Georgia gov. proposes major changes in lottery program – Governor Zell Miller

Augusta, GA The Georgia Lottery has produced cash for winners and scholarships for students. But Gov. Zell Miller (D) has proposed changes in the system that critics charge could deny hundreds of African Americans the hope of going to college.

June 16, 2007

HBCUs

Fisk Turns to Seasoned Fund-raiser to Reverse its Fortunes

University no longer pinning its financial future on sale of priceless art.

May 30, 2007

Health

Faculty Unions Come Together in Renewed Spirit

With private colleges governed by the National Labor Relations Act and only one-third of public colleges unionized, faculty and staff at many colleges are finding themselves voiceless.

May 7, 2007