The Associated PressHomeMTSU Making Efforts to Increase Graduation RateMiddle Tennessee State University is making efforts to increase its graduation rate, but still just over half its students are completing college within six years.June 11, 2012HomeDr. Teresa Sullivan to Step Down as University of Virginia PresidentUniversity of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan, the first woman to lead the University of Virginia, will resign in a mutual parting announced Sunday.June 10, 2012SportsAlcorn State University’s Newly-hired Football Coach to be First White to Head SWAC TeamThe school announced the hiring of Jay Hopson on Monday and, according to Alcorn State, he will be the first White head football coach in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.May 29, 2012HomeBrown University Names First Director for Slavery CenterBrown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice has named Dr. Anthony Bogues as its first director.May 22, 2012HomeIndiana Prison Education Cuts Cost Ball State JobsA new Indiana law denying state grants for college education to prison inmates has cost the jobs of more than 70 Ball State University employees.May 21, 2012STEMNursing Program Angling for Advanced DegreeThe University of Louisiana system granted Nicholls State University permission to join the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and McNeese and Southeastern Universities in the Intercollegiate Masters of Science nursing consortium.April 30, 2012InternationalLeRoy Walker, U.S. Olympic Committee’s First Black Chairman, DiesLeRoy Walker, the first African-American to lead the U.S. Olympic Committee and the first Black man to coach an American Olympic team, died Monday. He was 93.April 23, 2012HomeNew Website To Calculate Potential Student Loan DebtThe site is the latest effort by the Obama administration to make colleges and universities more open about costs.April 11, 2012HomeMississippi Out-of-state Tuition Waiver Bill SignedThe flexibility of a new law that will allow universities to waive out-of-state tuition will let each school structure a plan conducive to its needs, according to higher education leaders.April 10, 2012African-AmericanHoward University Resumes Sports; Investigation ContinuesHoward says its spring sports teams have resumed competition after a temporary halt because of possible NCAA rules violations.April 8, 2012Previous PagePage 4 of 12Next Page
