University wrestles with controversial donation
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COLUMBIA, Mo. -- When proud alumnus Ken Lay donated $1.2 million in company stock to the University of Missouri five years ago, campus leaders hailed the donation from the then-chairman of Enron Corp.
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Parents at a state-funded faith state school  are being asked  for voluntary contributions of more than Â£1,200 a year.
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WASHINGTON -- Why is the subject of giving such a difficult thing to discuss? Some folks would rather ask someone for a kidney than for a donation to a charitable cause.
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Academics have backed calls for a wide-ranging debate on a boycott of Israeli universities.
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Some Catholic organizations are upset with Catholic University for inviting 1988 law school graduate Bob Casey to speak but not his rival, Republican Sen. Rick Santorum.
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The relationship between colleges and students who work for them has long been a source of tax uncertainty. Congress has stepped in from time to time to clear up really important issues
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Some students and alumni at an evangelical Christian university founded by Pat Robertson are upset with the commencement choice of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon.
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Middle income families with students in many of the nation's top university are getting some relief.
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Media & professional: Academics and students hit back at lecturers' support for a boycott of Israeli institutions.
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New figures on university endowments confirm it's not just the "haves" and "have nots" in academe these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, there's a growing group of the newly rich schools, and Â at the top of the heap Â a tiny cadre of ultra-wealthy institutions.
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A panel from the association that accredits the University of Illinois chastised the school Wednesday for failing to resolve the long-standing controversy over its American Indian mascot, which supporters argue is an honored tradition and others say is racially offensive.
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The University of Miami medical school on Monday announced that it had received a $100 million donation -- the second-largest amount ever given to a Florida university -- and that the money would be used for biomedical research.
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The contentious debate over paid admission at t
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A debate over an anthropologist's book on ancient Hebrew history isn't just academic &#151; it's spilled over into an online dispute between critics trying to keep her from getting tenure and supporters who say the effort stifles scholarly freedom.
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By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Mar. 12--The raging debate over capital spending on college campuses has largely obscured equally important problems with the omnibus higher education bill being promoted by Republican Sen. Gary Nodler.
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Making philanthropic history: one woman donates millions to her alma mater, a Quaker high school in Pa.
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Crisis after crisis has buffeted the University of Colorado over the past year, from a sex scandal in the football program to the alcohol poisoning death of a fraternity pledge at a campus trying to shed its party-school image.