The Plain Dealer, Monday, Feb. 21
An annual survey by the University of California at Los Angeles and the
American Council on Education shows the number of incoming college freshmen
who claim to be A students has increased steadily.  The reason is grade
inflation, which has so jumbled the value of point averages that colleges
are relying less on them as they assess applicants.  Quotes Jim McCoy
(enrollment services).

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 11
Feature on Steve Waksman (visiting history professor) and his book
"Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical
Experience."

The Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL), Saturday, Feb. 19
Story about Illinois State University's board of trustees giving its
blessing to the first large-scale fund-raising campaign in the university's
143-year history says ISU's endowment hit the $1 million mark only in 1984,
whereas Ball State has $81 million and Miami has $177 million.

Journal-News (Progress 2000 insert), Tuesday, Feb. 29
The goal of Oxford's new Community Improvement Corporation is to promote
and implement new business development in the city of Oxford and Oxford
Township through collaborative efforts with the city, township, Miami
University, Talawanda schools and current businesses.  The executive
director of the CIC says most of the major resources derive from the
university and "the strong business school at Miami is a positive, along
with the Page Center for Entrepreneurship."
And:
Story about tourism in Butler County says, as the home of Miami University,
Oxford offers an educational atmosphere.  The executive director at the
Greater Hamilton Convention and Visitors Bureau mentions the "MU art
museum, which can offer mind-stimulating activities, and the rec center,
which offers groups the ability to interact in a unique meeting
environment."
And:
Story about the Hamilton City School District says a two-year tech-prep,
pre-college business program at the district's Job Development Center is
aimed at helping to prepare students for business careers.  The program has
a reciprocal agreement with Miami University and Cincinnati State.
And:
Update on Miami University includes recent rankings, graduation rates, the
importance of the regional campuses and prominent alumni.  Also includes
photos of campus.
And:
Miami University is a $300 million business with more than 3,500 employees
on three separate campuses in Butler County.  Also includes statistics
involved in running the university.
And:
A listing of top salaries for government employees in the Butler County
area for 1999 includes the top 100 salaries at Miami University.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Tuesday, Feb. 29
"Get to it" column includes "Art/Science--Line/Design" exhibit at the Miami
University Art Museum.
And:
Greg D. Brown (alumnus), former varsity girls basketball coach at
Lemon-Monroe High School, pleaded guilty Monday to a criminal charge of
falsification over a bogus state teaching certificate.

Impact Weekly, Feb. 24-March 1
Feature on Melvin Edwards and his exhibit "Lynch Fragments," which is at
the Miami University Art Museum through March 12.  Includes a photo.
And:
Calendar items for a performance by blues guitarist H. Bomb Ferguson at the
Hamilton campus, "The Drinking Gourd," a Visual Arts Club exhibition, the
Gospel Fest Concert at Hall Auditorium, the exhibits
"Art/Science-Line/Design," William Holmes McGuffey:Building for the
Future," Melvin Edwards: Lynch Fragments and Larger Works," "Thom
Shaw--Hard Core to the Very Edge" and lectures by Dennis Tobin (art); Kevin
Bales, expert on present-day slavery; Blair Kamin, Pulitzer Prize winner;
Tammy Kernodle (music) and Mamie "Peanut" Johnson, woman who played in the
Negro Baseball League.

Kristal Humphrey
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