News Wire ReportHomeDepartment of Defense Awards $40.4 Million to Universities for Research EquipmentThe Department of Defense has announced plans to award $40.4 million to academic institutions to support the purchase of research instrumentation…March 23, 2006HomeNevada Regent Backs Off Proposal to Ban ‘Gangsta Rap’ Concerts on CampusesAcknowledging it is unconstitutional, Regent Stavros Anthony has backed off his proposal to ban commercial “gangsta rap” concerts on university campuses..March 22, 2006Faculty & StaffIndiana University Admissions PlanA civil rights attorney and visiting Indiana University professor says a proposal to raise admission standards would prevent poor and minority students from enrolling…March 22, 2006Leadership & PolicyMeharry President to Assume PresidencyDr. John E. Maupin Jr., president of Meharry Medical College, and the first Meharry alumnus to hold the top office in the college…March 22, 2006StudentsUniversity of Arizona Millennial Project Begins Longitudinal Study on DiversityThe University of Arizona has launched a four-year longitudinal study centered on collecting attitudes about diversity from the Millennial Generation…March 21, 2006HomeTrinity College Hosts First Islam Awareness WeekThe Trinity College Muslim Students Association will hold their first annual Islam Awareness Week beginning April 3, entitled…March 21, 2006StudentsHBCU Students Work to Lift Spirits in the Gulf CoastA number of students from Morgan State University are traveling to New Orleans in a humanitarian effort to help improve the lives of citizens in the area who were impacted by Hurricane Katrina…March 21, 2006HomeStanford University Cuts Tuition for Students From Low-Income FamiliesFamilies with annual incomes of less than $45,000 will not be expected to contribute to the cost of tuition at Stanford University, and the requirements for middle-income families will be cut in half…March 19, 2006Leadership & PolicyCase Western Reserve University President Resigns After No-Confidence VoteDr. Edward M. Hundert, president of Case Western Reserve University, submitted his resignation Wednesday night to the University’s Board of Trustees. Hundert’s resignation will be effective Sept. 1, 2006, allowing the Board to take the necessary time to select a president…March 19, 2006StudentsStudy Finds Massachusetts Merit Scholarship Program Not Likely to Promote College AccessA new study, by The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University and Pennsylvania State University’s Center for the Study of Higher Education finds that the newly-created…March 16, 2006Previous PagePage 3 of 24Next Page