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20 hours ago ago from Law and Education Blog
Anger over the tuition increase at the University of California erupted into several protests and resulted in numerous arrests last week. Protesters used tactics that included throwing incendiary devices at police cars, vandalizing the home of the chancellor of University of California, and breaking in and barricading themselves inside university buildings. Given that students are so angry, how much money do they actually have to spend ...
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4 hours ago ago from Perspective Journal: News and Politics
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18 hours ago ago from Imam Samroni
By Jack Cody and Andre Damon 15 December 2009 http://wsws.org/articles/2009/dec2009/stud-d15.shtml Most students that drop out of college in the US do so because they cannot afford to pay for the rising cost of tuition, according to a report released Wednesday by Public Agenda, a non-profit research institute. The study, which surveyed 600 people ages 22 to 30, found that less than half of students graduate on schedule ...
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16 hours ago ago from WDUQNews
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4 hours ago ago from U.S. News
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1 hour, 36 minutes ago ago from The New York Times
The mayor of Pittsburgh calls it the Fair Share Tax. But to officials at the city's 10 colleges and universities and many of their 100,000 students, it is anything but. Jeff Swensen for The New York Times David Gau, a senior at the University of Pittsburgh, said a proposed tuition tax on students was the furthest thing from fair. Jeff Swensen for The New York Times Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said the universities rejected ...
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