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Courting Minority Students to Study the Environment

“Anybody here from Queens?” The question seemed natural enough, coming from a large young man wearing a Yankees cap. But it was by no means just small talk. David Lucero grew up in Jamaica, Queens, and he was trying to connect with a group of ...

From ALAN FINDER, The New York Times,  17 Jun 2008
Related Topics: New York Yankees

At one U.S. university, tobacco money is a secret

On U.S. campuses, professors and administrators have passionately debated whether their universities should accept money for research from tobacco companies. But not at Virginia Commonwealth University, a public institution in Richmond, Virginia That ...

From ALAN FINDER, International Herald Tribune,  22 May 2008
Related Topics: Johns Hopkins

At One University, Tobacco Money Is a Secret

On campuses nationwide, professors and administrators have passionately debated whether their universities should accept money for research from tobacco companies. But not at Virginia Commonwealth University, a public institution in Richmond, Va. That ...

From ALAN FINDER, The New York Times,  21 May 2008
Related Topics: Altria Group,  Johns Hopkins

Rejected by Harvard? You have lots of company

The already crazed competition for admission to America's most prestigious universities and colleges became even more intense this year, with many logging record low acceptance rates. Harvard College, for example, offered admission to only 7.1 percent ...

From ALAN FINDER, International Herald Tribune,  1 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Harvard University,  Georgetown University

Elite Colleges Reporting Record Lows in Admission

The already crazed competition for admission to the nation’s most prestigious universities and colleges became even more intense this year, with many logging record low acceptance rates. Harvard College, for example, offered admission to only 7.1 ...

From ALAN FINDER, The New York Times,  31 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Harvard University

Study finds record education earmarks

Congress set aside a record $2.3 billion in pet projects for colleges and universities last year for research on subjects like berries and reducing odors from swine and poultry, according to an analysis by The Chronicle of Higher Education to be ...

From ALAN FINDER, International Herald Tribune,  24 Mar 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Thad Cochran,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Richard Shelby,  John McCain

U.S. colleges expect an ease in the admissions frenzy

High school seniors across the United States are anxiously awaiting the verdicts from the colleges of their choice later this month. But though it may not be of much solace to them, in just a few years the U.S. admissions frenzy is likely to ease. It ...

From ALAN FINDER, International Herald Tribune,  9 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Harvard University

Math suggests college frenzy will soon ease

High school seniors nationwide are anxiously awaiting the verdicts from the colleges of their choice later this month. But though it may not be of much solace to them, in just a few years the admissions frenzy is likely to ease. It's simply a matter of ...

From ALAN FINDER, International Herald Tribune,  9 Mar 2008

Ivory towers to be a little less besieged

Kurt M. Thiede of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., is one of many enrollment officials revising strategies as they foresee a dip in applications. (Kalim A. Bhatti, The New York Times ) High school seniors across America are anxiously awaiting the ...

From ALAN FINDER, Denver Post,  9 Mar 2008

Face Book: A College President Whose Credentials Stress Taking Care of Business

Lancaster, Pa. John Fry’s path to the presidency of Franklin & Marshall College fits none of the conventions of academic life. He did not earn a doctorate, did not teach or publish research and was never a department chairman or dean or provost. Like a ...

From ALAN FINDER, The New York Times,  4 Mar 2008
Related Topics: New York University,  Judith Rodin

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