http://www.universitybusiness.com/dailynewshome.aspxUniversity Business Education News Identification Service.(c) 2006, Professional Media Group, All rights reserved.10Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are working together on a solution that would ensure that all of the 45,000 Prepaid Affordable College Tuition contracts that have been left in limbo by a down economy are honored. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217882/9/2010 12:00:00 AMIn several states that are home to public HBCUs, lawmakers are questioning -- some openly challenging -- the continued need for these schools and their unique burden to taxpayers. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217872/9/2010 12:00:00 AMThe University of Miami announced Thursday it has been awarded $14.8 million in stimulus money to help it build a neuroscience and health annex at its Coral Gables campus. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217862/9/2010 12:00:00 AMUniversity of Colorado regents are considering adding two degree programs at the Boulder campus: a master's degree program in law and a doctorate in Asian languages and civilizations. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217852/9/2010 12:00:00 AMA Princeton sociologist says that Asian applicants typically need an extra 140 points to compete with white students. In fact, there may be an “Asian ceiling" at Princeton, a number above which the admissions office refuses to venture.http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217842/9/2010 12:00:00 AMTuition at some campuses in the University of Texas System is expected to jump again this fall as the universities face a mix of economic pressures, from historic declines in endowments to possible state budget cuts. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217832/9/2010 12:00:00 AMThe Colorado Springs Republican is sponsoring a bill that would let students who take general education classes at private schools, including for-profit colleges such as Colorado Technical University and Westwood College, transfer those credits to public schoolshttp://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217822/9/2010 12:00:00 AMWith California's public university system shackled to a shrinking budget, a group of chancellors, students and others considers ideas -- from banal to radical -- to keep quality up and costs down. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217812/9/2010 12:00:00 AMSan Jose State University will receive an extra $3.1 million in one-time funds to provide new classes, as well as improved academic counseling, for the fall term. The funding will not be used to boost enrollment, which was cut by 3,000 spots this fall because of shortfalls in state funding. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217802/9/2010 12:00:00 AMFor Haitian college students in the United States, the past few weeks have been a torment as they've viewed the devastation from afar, waiting to learn if their relatives in Haiti survived and how they're coping.http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217792/9/2010 12:00:00 AMThe president of Dartmouth College says it will lay off about 76 non-teaching positions to help cut the school's budget by $100 million over two years. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217782/9/2010 12:00:00 AMThe University of Maryland says it is teaming with Maryland companies on 17 research projects to develop products for technologies ranging from wind power to removing nutrients from wastewater. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217772/9/2010 12:00:00 AMAllegations of cheating at Stanford University have more than doubled in the past decade, with the largest number of violations involving computer science students. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217762/9/2010 12:00:00 AMRaymund Paredes earns $180,000 as commissioner of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. A related nonprofit group pays him $40,000 more a year to raise funds. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217752/9/2010 12:00:00 AMEastern Michigan University has been notifying those who may have come in contact with a student who contracted tuberculosis, officials said Monday. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217742/9/2010 12:00:00 AMA plan to close the Cactus Cafe and a program of informal classes at the University of Texas was triggered by a directive from top school officials to trim spending by 2 percent and use the savings for raises. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217732/8/2010 12:00:00 AMAs drug violence continues to escalate across the Rio Grande, particularly in Juarez, Mexico, many colleges and universities along the U.S.-Mexico border are working to assure students that their campuses are safe.http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217722/8/2010 12:00:00 AMThe leader of the country's largest university thinks it's time to re-examine how professors are awarded tenure, a type of job-for-life protection virtually unknown outside academia.http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217712/8/2010 12:00:00 AMThe first residential college in Arkansas with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics will open on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in the fall of 2010. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217702/8/2010 12:00:00 AMFor some Hispanic students, navigating the college application process can be a double-whammy. Some venerable East Coast universities are trying to ease that burden -- and tap the booming pool of Hispanic students -- by offering Spanish translations of their admissions and financial aid material.http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217692/8/2010 12:00:00 AMA bizarre blowup between a professor and a student in a Portland State University classroom recently has sent ripples of concern and curiosity through the campus. http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217682/8/2010 12:00:00 AMUniversity of Wisconsin System regents on Friday approved a four-year, $1,200 tuition increase for UW-Eau Claire despite a lack of details on how the money will be spent and passionate opposition from students.http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217672/8/2010 12:00:00 AMBusiness owners in downtown Terre Haute say Indiana State University's plan to close a retail postal operation could hurt their merchants and residents. But university officials say they can't afford to run the postal service and will stop doing so July 1.http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217662/8/2010 12:00:00 AMThe two-year grant will be used by a team of computer scientists at the university and the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia. Google also may award an additional $500,000 for a third year, Rutgers said.http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217652/8/2010 12:00:00 AMThe move to bolster the U of L Foundation's internal controls comes as leaders at the University of Kentucky are considering creating a similar umbrella foundation to oversee fund-raising and spending of endowment money across UK's 17 academic colleges.http://www.universitybusiness.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=217642/8/2010 12:00:00 AM