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Academic Centers for Athletes Draw Donors
More than a dozen university athletics programs have added lavish new facilities in recent years, and academic-services budgets are soaring, a Chronicle survey finds. (Photograph courtesy of Texas A&M U.)
College Employees Value Campus Environment, Survey Finds
When a Chronicle survey asked college employees what they value about their jobs, they put the physical environment in which they work at the top of the list.
Rise in Tornadoes, Floods Poses Risk to Colleges
What if the sort of extreme weather that has left the University of Iowa inundated in floodwaters is not a freak event? What if it is a sign of things to come? (Photograph by AP Images)
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After Hurricane Gustav, Campuses Clean Up
Cleanup crews scoured Gulf Coast campuses, removing downed limbs and repairing broken windows, while students and staff members forced out by Hurricane Gustav waited for word that they could return.
Lessons From Katrina Improve Colleges' Evacuations for Hurricane Gustav
College officials across the Gulf Coast were cautiously relieved when initial reports suggested the damage wasn't severe.
College of Southern Idaho Cafeteria Goes 'Tray-Less'
Students are also wasting less food because they no longer have the option of overloading their cafeteria trays, says the college's food-services director.
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A Green Building as a Billboard for Science
(A 2006 Chronicle video)
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Expansion Plans at North Carolina Central U. Worry Some Neighbors
An expansion plan at North Carolina Central University calls for the purchase of about 140 homes and other properties around campus over the next 10 years, with the plan scheduled to built out by 2024. It has not been received well by some of the university’s neighbors, according to The News & Observer.
Carolyn Green Boone—the great-granddaughter of James E. Shepard, the university’s founder—told a crowd at a meeting that the expansion would harm historic neighborhoods and that critics had been ignored in the planning process. “We’re the founding family of this university and we feel totally disenfranchised,” she said.
The expansion plan includes new housing, a new stadium, a new library, parking ramps, and new facilities for some professional programs.
The News & Observer says that many residents in the area are elderly, living in houses that have been passed down from generation to generation. Some worry that historic structures will be destroyed, or that residents won’t get a good price for their homes.
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As a resident of Durham and a frequent guest lecturer at NCCU, I think that any new construction that might help clean up the area around NCCU would be a welcome change. It’s located in a crummy part of town that’s generally crime-ridden and not somewhere most folks want to be after dark. I’m sure some nice “historic homes” may be removed in the process, but I think that may be part of the price to pay. Just my 2 cents.
— Bob Apr 25, 11:22 AM #
As a graduate of NCCU, I agree with Bob. There is a need to clean up the area. Many of the homes “passed down from generation to generation” do not enhance the area but create a very negative appearance and unsafe feeling. That is my opinion as a person who had to park along the streets around the campus during my night classes.
Ann
— Ann Apr 25, 10:31 PM #