Elon U. officials defend touring system after New York Times criticism
Every academic institution wants the opportunity to appear in a nationally ranked publication, but when Elon University appeared in The New York Times article "Colleges Seek to Remake the Campus Tour," many questions and concerns were raised as to whether or not the university's touring system should be changed.
Elon U. seeks to admit Iraqi students to campus next fall
Elon University officials are hoping to bring high school and college graduates from the sands of Iraq to the bricks of Elon as early as next fall. The Iraqi government has committed $1 billion a year to the Iraq Education Initiative, a scholarship program whose enterprising goals include sending 10,000 Iraqi high school and college graduates to undergraduate and graduate colleges and universities around the globe.
Illegal immigrants allowed in N.C. colleges, protesters object
On Sept. 17, about 50 concerned North Carolinians waved flags, held up signs and made their voices heard in a protest in downtown Raleigh against the acceptance of illegal immigrants into N.C. community colleges. The State Board of Community Colleges approved the decision — which states that illegal immigrants can enroll in any of the 58 community colleges in North Carolina if they have graduated from a U.S. high school — that day with only one member to vote against the matter.
