Tag: Around Academe
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Penn State steps up safety
Penn State President Amy Guttmann recently announced a plan by the university to increase its…
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More students ignore race question
A study by the Association of American Colleges and Universities and Claremont Graduate University found…
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NCAA will more closely scrutinize transcripts from high school athletes
To better judge the academic merit of potential athletes, the NCAA will begin deeper investigations…
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Two schools share $4 million estate
A 92-year old resident of Somerville, Mass., split her $4 million estate between Tufts and…
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MIT will help build $100 laptops
The United Nations Development Programme and the nonprofit organization One Laptop per Child signed an…
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Harvard president calls it quits
In a public letter dated Feb. 22 Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard University, resigned his…
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Kennesaw State gets new president
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents named Daniel S. Papp president of Kennesaw…
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Controversy surrounds new BU lab
Some neighbors, students and activists are saying that Boston University’s recently approved biosafety laboratory is…
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LSU System president steps down
William L. Jenkins, president of the Louisiana State University System, recently announced plans to step…
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Stanford policy grants maternity leave to its female graduate students
Stanford University recently passed a policy granting female graduate students six weeks of maternity leave. …
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UCLA group claims political bias
An independent alumni group at the University of California at Los Angeles offered students $100…
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OSU receives $165 million donation
Billionaire alumnus and Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens donated $165 million in cash to Oklahoma…
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Fewer professors on tenure track
The number of full-time professors working off the tenure track in American colleges has steadily…
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Bush administration hopes to attract more international students to U.S.
During a recent State Department meeting, Bush administration officials announced plans to attract foreign students…
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Duke updates iPod program
Heading into its second year incorporating personal technology into classrooms, Duke University is expanding its…
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States increase funds for higher ed.
State spending for higher education increased an average of 5.3 percent in the 2005-06 fiscal…
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Harvard money managers quit
Several money managers who handled Harvard’s endowment recently left the school after receiving lower salaries…
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Football expenses questioned
An audit of the University of Colorado’s athletic department spending for the past three years…
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Southern U. will reopen in spring
Southern University in New Orleans will reopen next semester to students. But due to the…
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KU prof wins $10.4 million grant
Gunda Georg, a medicinal chemistry professor at the University of Kansas, received a $10.4 million…
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U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center receives $50 million donation
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas received a $50 million donation from…
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Enrollment in graduate programs on the rise for women and minorities
Enrollment in graduate programs at American universities increased in 2004, according to a report by…
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$100 million anonymous gift waives tuition for Yale music students
Thanks to the contribution of an anonymous source, Yale University School of Music students will…
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Enrollment in graduate programs on the rise for women and minorities
According to a report released by the Council of Graduate Schools, enrollment in graduate programs…
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