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Nevada lieutenant governor indicted over handling of college savings program
Associated Press WritersLAS VEGAS (AP) _ A grand jury on Wednesday indicted Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki on charges of mismanaging a multibillion-dollar college savings program when he was state treasurer. The indictments don't allege any money was missing. They include four...Tags: Executive Branch, Harry Reid, Prosecution, Government, Regional Authority
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Utah deserves a spot in title-game discussion
There has been talk this week that a school out west, starting with the letter "U", should get a shot at the national title if things break a freakish way over college football's final weekend.
This school is ranked lower than No. 4 in this week's Bowl...Tags: Brigham Young, Ohio State University, Tom Hansen, Ohio State Buckeyes
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4 Md. colleges each receive millions from Hodson Trust
The Associated PressThe annual gift from a charitable trust to four Maryland colleges was down this year because of the sagging economy. The Hodson Trust announced today that it has given $3 million each to Hood College, St. John's College, Washington College and Johns...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Awards and Prizes, Financial Aid
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Wayne State makes cuts in wake of student loss
Wayne State University is making budget cuts and trying to help students deal with tough economic times in the face of declining enrollment. The Detroit university on Wednesday announced plans to start tackling a projected $8 million revenue shortfall....Tags: Financial Aid
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LCCC offering tuition-free program to jobless
Lehigh Carbon Community College will be offering education opportunities to assist those who have been laid off due to the recent downturn in the economy. Applicants are eligible for a tuition-free semester of 12 college credits, but will still be...Tags: Lehigh Carbon Community College
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Student believed to have jumped to death at Purdue
Authorities believe that the man found dead behind a Purdue University residence hall was a student who apparently jumped from one of the building's upper floors. Tippecanoe County Coroner Donna Avolt said Wednesday that the man died from multiple blunt...Tags: Purdue University
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Ex-Calvin College president Spoelhof dies at 98
William Spoelhof (SPOOL'-hahf), who was president of Calvin College in Grand Rapids from 1951 through 1976, has died. He was 98. The Grand Rapids Press reports that he died early Tuesday after coming down with a short illness. The Paterson, N.J.,...Tags: Government, National Government
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Harvard's endowment takes 22 percent hit, and is expected to lose more
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) _ Harvard officials say the university's largest-in-the-nation endowment lost about 22 percent of its value, or $8 billion, in the four months since the end of the last fiscal year. The endowment was worth $36.9 billion as of June...Tags: Government, National Government
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On top of stock declines, endowments and pension funds face losses on alternative investments
AP Business WritersNEW YORK (AP) _ College endowments and state pension funds plowed billions of dollars into hedge funds and private-equity investments as a way to balance their stock holdings, and for a time they got supercharged returns. Those days are over. From...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Pension and Welfare, Corporations, Academic Progress, Robert Wood
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Alternative holdings sour for endowments, pensions
AP Business WritersCollege endowments and state pension funds plowed billions of dollars into hedge funds and private-equity investments as a way to balance their stock holdings, and for a time they got supercharged returns. Those days are over. From Harvard University to...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Corporations, Wages and Pensions, Academic Progress, Robert Wood
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Professors hope to create a method for helping students think critically about online material
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ For anyone who remembers sifting through yellowed card catalogs in the library for that 10th-grade history project, the abundance of information available online is astounding — as is the task of sifting out unreliable information.... -
Former California Assembly speaker's 19-year-old son charged in San Diego stabbing death
Associated Press WriterSAN DIEGO (AP) _ The 19-year-old son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez is among four men charged in the October stabbing death of a college student, prosecutors said Wednesday. Esteban Nunez and the others were arrested Tuesday in...Tags: Labor Legislation, Trials, Defendants, Prosecution, MySpace
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