Duke preps for impact of House higher ed bill
The House of Representatives unveiled an omnibus education bill titled the College Opportunity and Affordability Act Nov. 9 to extend the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
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The House of Representatives unveiled an omnibus education bill titled the College Opportunity and Affordability Act Nov. 9 to extend the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
The Times Higher Education Supplement and Quacquarelli Symonds, an education research firm, ranked Duke the 13th overall best university in the world in an annual report released last week.
The University's largest asset, its endowment, recently grew by more than $1 billion, creating opportunities for new programs, construction development and future research.
At last week's Duke Student Government meeting, senior Genevieve Cody, vice president for community interaction, announced DSG's appointments to the President's Council on Black Affairs, junior Andrew Tutt and sophomore Katrina Henderson.
For the past 10 years, Latino/a Studies has been gradually gaining a presence on campus, but it has lacked a distinguished figure on its faculty to anchor it.
When sophomore Marie Aberger applied to be on this year's Wannamaker Quadrangle Council, she wasn't exactly sure how everything worked.
The New York Attorney General's office issued subpoenas to five study abroad providers last month in an investigation into possible incentives providers give to universities for attracting students.
The Office of the North Carolina Attorney General released a report Friday explaining the attorney general's decision to dismiss the remaining charges against, and declare the innocence of, the indicted players in the Duke lacrosse case.
A Duke student in the School of Medicine was arrested by the Durham Police Department on a second-degree rape charge Saturday, University officials confirmed Sunday.
Executive Vice President Tallman Trask spoke about Duke's emergency response system and Jo Rae Wright, dean of the Graduate School, reported on the future of the school at the Academic Council's meeting Thursday.
Students now have two more certificates to choose from-Islamic Studies and Modeling Biological Systems-following the Arts and Sciences Council approval of the two programs at its meeting last Thursday.
Students will officially launch Duke's chapter of the American Medical Student Association at a meeting tonight, creating the University's first comprehensive undergraduate pre-medicine group.
The Arts and Sciences Council approved a change in the grade appeal policy and listened to a presentation by Christoph Guttentag, dean of undergraduate admissions, at its final meeting of the year Thursday.
Last year's addition of two majors-dance and statistical science-have allowed the Dance Program and the Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences to expand their curricula and promote increased student interest.
Since Spring 2006, a group of about 15 undergraduate and graduate students have been trying to bring environmental sustainability to Duke's campus.
The founder of Black Entertainment Television and owner of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats stated in a speech Tuesday that businesses must "level the playing field" to increase minority representation.
The national security adviser to former President Jimmy Carter criticized the current "War on Terror" Thursday and asserted that U.S. foreign policy must adjust to a changing political landscape.
The two candidates in the 2007 race for Duke Student Government executive vice president have one thing in common-experience.
The Academic Council discussed the Campus Culture Initiative and the future of the Athletic Council at its meeting Thursday.
Campus Council passed two resolutions concerning funding and student programming fees at its meeting Thursday night.