Will young Obama supporters be part of the ‘change’ they want? Or let someone else do it?CHICAGO — Young Americans showed their collective power when they helped vote President Obama into office. Inspired by his message of “change,” they knocked on doors, spread flyers, voted for him by a 2-1 margin, and partied like rock-the-vote stars when he won. White House tells agencies to avoid even appearance of political influence in awarding grantsWASHINGTON — White House officials told agencies across the government Tuesday they should take care to avoid even the appearance that politics played a part in the award of federal grants. Dartmouth president describes lessons from childhood at inaugurationHANOVER, N.H. — Dartmouth College is the first Ivy League school to inaugurate an Asian-American president. Navy taking closer look at hazing of gay dog handler, other personnel, in Bahrain for Iraq warANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Navy is reviewing how it handled the case of a gay sailor abused by fellow servicemen in Bahrain for two years until he sought a discharge by coming out to his commanding officer, a military spokesman said Tuesday. With an eye to the future, Saudi Arabia launches ‘world class’ research universityCAIRO — Saudi Arabia has dug into its oil-fueled coffers to set up a new research university, a multibillion dollar coed venture built on the promise of scientific freedom in a region where a conservative interpretation of Islam has often been blamed for stifling innovation. Aided by retraining programs, auto engineers and designers look outside industry for new workDETROIT — After Jerry Tester lost his job as a contract engineer at General Motors, it soon became clear that the struggling auto industry wouldn’t be the place where he would work again. Education Management to sell 20M shares in IPO priced at $18 to $20 per sharePITTSBURGH — Education Management Corp. said Monday it would sell 20 million shares, at $18 to $20 a piece, in an initial public offering that will help it pay down debt. BJ’s Wholesale Club names Babson College president as new board memberNATICK, Mass. — BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. said Monday it has named the president of Maryland’s Babson College to its board of directors. HEALTHBEAT: In Duke dorms, researchers try to detect flu, other viruses before symptoms appearWASHINGTON — Coughed on by somebody with the flu? Duke University researchers are developing a test to determine — with a mere drop of blood — who will get sick before the sniffling and fever set in. And they’re turning to hundreds of dorm-dwelling freshmen this fall to see if it works. Superintendent tells Mexican residents attending US schools: Prove Texas residency or leaveDEL RIO, Texas — Students living in northern Mexico have skirted residency requirements to attend U.S. public schools for generations, but when the superintendent in one Texas border town got word that about 400 school-age children were crossing the international bridge each day with backpacks but no student visas, he figured he had to do something. In hurting upstate New York, Obama touts efforts to boost economyTROY, N.Y. — Touting resilience in a part of New York particularly hard hit by recession, President Barack Obama said Monday that better economic days are coming thanks to innovation and some help from the government. Obama: Widespread Internet access is crucial to nation’s economy, education and innovationTROY, N.Y. — President Barack Obama is praising a plan to keep wireless carriers from blocking certain types of Internet traffic flowing over their networks. Obama: US will again lead the world in proportion of young with college degreesTROY, N.Y. — President Barack Obama says that by 2020 America will again have the world’s highest proportion of college graduates. 21st-century journalism, still searching for a business model, finds no lack of young recruitsNEW YORK — At 21, Alana Taylor has already seen her career in journalism transformed and perhaps cut short by the technology reshaping the news business. Obama starts his week at community college, on Letterman’s couch before meeting world leadersTROY, N.Y. — President Barack Obama, squeezing in a pitch for his domestic agenda, is promoting his administration’s promises of innovation at a New York community college before weeklong meetings on international priorities. Coffee maker blamed for $200,000 in cleanup costs at St. Louis community collegeST. LOUIS — St. Louis is perking up with jokes about the $200,000 cup of coffee. But officials at a college and its insurance company aren’t laughing. Surge in Army ROTC ranks promises more young officers; 3,000 majors and captains neededNORTHFIELD, Vt. — Burgeoning ranks of Army ROTC students are filling college classrooms around the nation this fall as the Army seeks to beef up its officer corps with its generous scholarship program that pays the college tuition of students who are commissioned as 2nd lieutenants when they graduate. NY governor ignores pressure to end 2010 election quest despite pressure from senior DemocratsALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson isn’t scrapping his plans to run for the office he inherited 18 months ago, despite growing pressure from Washington and intervention by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who has contacted the governor and the White House over his concern. Young foreigners travel to China to hunt for jobs as home markets battered by crisisBEIJING — When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took the drastic step of jumping on a plane to Beijing in February to look for work. Police chief dons stocking mask for mock robbery at Mich. high school, prompting lockdownMONTROSE, Mich. — A masked police chief planning to surprise Michigan high school students in a forensic science class ended up sparking a brief lockdown after being spotted by a cafeteria worker. Beijing students demand release of teacher, former Tiananmen protester, apparently heldBEIJING — Nearly a hundred university students gathered outside a Beijing district police bureau Sunday to demand the release of a lecturer — a former leader of 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy demonstrations — who they believe is being held unfairly by authorities. As cursive writing fades as a skill in school, parents fret, but educators are slow to worryCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston resident Kelli Davis was in for a surprise when her daughter brought home some routine paperwork at the start of school this fall. Davis signed the form and then handed it to her daughter for the eighth-grader’s signature. Police seize car from Conn. motel where Yale killing suspect was arrestedNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police investigating the murder of a Yale graduate student are still collecting evidence, including a car they towed from the motel where the suspected killer was arrested. As cursive fades as a skill in school, parents fret, but experts are slow to worryCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston resident Kelli Davis was in for a surprise when her daughter brought home some routine paperwork at the start of school this fall. Davis signed the form and then handed it to her daughter for the eighth-grader’s signature. Police chief tells AP motive for Yale graduate student’s killing may never be knownNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Without a confession from a Yale University technician charged with killing a graduate student and bride-to-be in the medical school lab where they worked, authorities may never know the motive, the police chief said. U of Minnesota tackles stadium drinking with breath tests for rowdy studentsMINNEAPOLIS — Students who get kicked out of a University of Minnesota football game for drunken rowdiness won’t be allowed back next time unless they pass an alcohol breath test at the gate — one of the most extreme attempts yet by colleges to curb misbehavior in the stands. Severed hand unearthed in Md. yard appears to be decades’ old medical school specimenNORTH EAST, Md. — A severed human hand has been unearthed from the yard of a Maryland home, but police say this is no whodunit. Advocates: Don’t remove Cesar Chavez, Thurgood Marshall from Texas social studies classesAUSTIN, Texas — Minority activists urged Texas education officials on Thursday to not minimize the importance of civil rights leaders Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall in public schools. Conference examines role of biotechnology in South Dakota’s economySIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota must overcome what university president James Abbott characterized as an inferiority complex if it’s to produce college graduates who can grow a biotechnology industry that’s already taken root. House Roll Call: How they voted on college aidThe 253-171 roll call Thursday by which the House passed a bill to overhaul college aid programs. |
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