Diverse StaffHomeBudget increases taxes, funds ECU effortsA state Legislature that increases taxes on almost everyone and will force local governments to adjust their spending plans did have some good news Tuesday for East Carolina University in North Carolina. According to the Daily Reflector, the university’s dental school will receive $3 million and the Brody School of Medicine will get $2 million […]August 4, 2009Community CollegesWestern Pa. YMCA to offer off-campus college roomsA YMCA in western Pennsylvania is hoping to fill 20 vacant residential rooms with students from nearby colleges. According to the York Daily Record, the Greensburg YMCA will begin housing college students in January. The city about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh is home to Seton Hill University, a private Catholic school with about 2,000 […]August 4, 2009HomeCensus: 15.5% of Virginians without insuranceThe U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 15.5 percent of Virginians don’t have health insurance. The estimates released Monday also show that the percentage of uninsured is higher in college towns, The Star Exponent reported. Harrisonburg, home to James Madison University, had the highest rate, 28.5 percent. The rate in Montgomery County, which includes Virginia […]August 4, 2009SportsNCAA to Host 2009 First Team Summer Conference in Kansas CityThe NCAA will host approximately 240 prep basketball players between grades nine and 12 at its 2009 First Team Summer Conference, August 6-9, in Kansas City, Kan. According to infoZine.com, the First Team Summer Conference provides male basketball prospects with resources to help them and their parents navigate the collegiate recruiting process and understand the […]August 4, 2009HomePrograms Offers Grants to Help Pay College TuitionThanks to federal stimulus funds promised to the state of Indiana, a new grant has been created that will assist Hoosiers in paying their tuition for a two-year college program, books and fees. On July 30, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced the program n Workforce Acceleration […]August 4, 2009HomeTight Space for New Rutgers Medical BuildingsIt is challenging enough to build two state-of-the-art medical education buildings, but the challenge is even more formidable when the project site is clipped by elevated railroad tracks. According to the New York Times, this is the problem Rutgers University had to overcome to build its new College of Nursing and Institute for Health buildings […]August 4, 2009MSIsPolice at UVM, 3 communities recording racePolice at the University of Vermont and at three communities are recording the race of drivers during traffic stops. According to the Burlington Free Press, the data collection project, also in Burlington, South Burlington and Winooski, follows through on a pledge made in 2007 at a community forum by Chittenden County law enforcement to pursue […]August 3, 2009HealthMSU works to increase Hispanic neuroscientistsMichigan State University has received a $1.5 million federal grant to work with the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey to increase the number of Hispanic doctoral students in neuroscience. According to the examiner.com, the grant comes from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health. It builds on an […]August 3, 2009Community CollegesDC Community College to Begin ClassesLater this month, the first students will begin classes at a new community college on the campus of the University Of The District Of Columbia. According to myfoxdc.com, the new community college answers a call from the White House for more workforce-development programs and opportunities for young people to learn skills that earn diplomas. © […]August 3, 2009Leadership & PolicyUI trustee Shah heeds panel’s call, offers resignationThe chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees stepped down from the board on Monday, following calls for trustees to resign by the state commission investigating claims trustees and politicians pressured the university to admit some applicants. According to the News-Gazette, Niranjan Shah of Oak Brook, appointed to the board in 2003 and […]August 3, 2009Previous PagePage 51 of 115Next Page
