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10 hours ago ago from Publicola
When Governor Christine Gregoire released her all-cuts budget on Wednesday , it was no surprise that it included cuts to higher education. However, the level of cuts—$20.9 million from the University of Washington and $146.4 million for the state Need Grant, which provides education funding to more than 12,000 students—are alarming, even to the pessimists. Couple these proposed cuts with the 25 percent cut in state funding from last ...
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A short time ago I received a copy of a letter that UC Berkeley professor Catherine Cole sent to university administrators in the wake of this morning's arrests at Wheeler Hall. I am reprinting it with her permission: Dear Chancellor Birgeneau and EVCP Breslauer, I am writing with this urgent request regarding today's arrest of students at Wheeler Hall. I don't know why these arrests have happened when it had appeared earlier this ...
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Yes, the weather outside is frightful for many of you, and some of you really do have no place to go in the wake of the first big snowstorm of the winter season. For the first time in 45 years, the University of Wisconsin at Madison canceled a full day of classes following a declared snow emergency that kept all but emergency services indoors during the worst of the blizzard Wednesday. According to the National Weather Service, more than ...
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6 hours ago ago from Coventry Today
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23 hours ago ago from The New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO Twenty-six students were arrested at San Francisco State University before dawn on Thursday after some students barricaded themselves inside a building to protest budget cuts and tuition increases across the state's public university system. The Bay Area Blog features coverage of public affairs, commerce, culture and lifestyles in the region. Go to the Bay Area Blog » Related Students Protest ...
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2 hours ago ago from Media General - TBO.com
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