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New bill could create benefits for Penn State student veterans
Penn State officials and students said a bill moving through Congress that would expand scholarship money for student veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan would give veteran students at Penn State the benefits they deserve.
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Penn State announces five-year plan
Penn State is currently implementing its five year strategic plan to help improve the university's educational standards and fiscal policy.
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Gilmour brings new perspective to WSU
New Wayne State interim President Allan Gilmour knows he’s a bit of an outsider, but said Tuesday that has both it’s pluses and minuses. “Ideally, you want someone with fresh ideas and knows the business cold,” Gilmour said. “I don’t know if I’ll meet either standard.
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IU ranks 15th party school in nation
IU has been cracking down on the drinking atmosphere since the bad publicity of being ranked the No. 1 party school by the Princeton Review in 2002, junior Madeline Stivers said. But the University has less to worry about after this year’s ranking.
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U. Illinois president search price tag: $302,295
U. Illinois spent about $302,295 on the presidential search for new UI leader Michael Hogan, according to 956 pages of documents sent out by the University on Thursday.
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With U. Illinois system financially in the black, professors comment on lack of raises
According to an e-mail obtained by The Daily Illini, faculty and academic professionals will not receive a general salary increase for the 2011 fiscal year. The e-mail was sent July 28 to the U.
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Campus officials, union approve new postdoc contract
U. California officials and a union representing more than 6,500 of the university's top researchers reached a tentative contract agreement early Saturday morning, nearly 18 months after negotiations between the two groups began.
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Professor tenure at Western more than twice national average
Fewer college instructors in the United States have tenure than ever before, and that number is expected to keep going down. At Western Washington U., however, tenure remains common. Tenure is the right to hold an ongoing job at a university in a specific department or program.
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Dismissed Religion professor offered reinstatement at U. Illinois
After weeks of debate by many over whether his academic freedom was violated, U. Illinois announced Thursday that adjunct professor Dr. Kenneth Howell has been offered the opportunity to teach Introduction to Catholicism again this fall. But with one major change.