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Prop. 209 Puts UC at Competitive Disadvantage, Say Officials

Barred by a California state law that prohibits the use of race in hiring and public college admissions…

November 15, 2006

Community Colleges

Congress Defies Bush Budget, Approves Extension of Perkins Act

Despite steady criticism from the Bush administration, the nation’s career and technical education programs…

September 6, 2006

Legislators Take Aim at “Liberal” University Profs

PHOENIX Conservative state lawmakers are targeting what they see as left-leaning university professors, pushing a series of bills in recent and upcoming sessions designed to ensure that students are not unduly influenced by professors’ beliefs.

August 14, 2006

Welfare-to-Work Proposal Would Limit Vocational Training

People who are receiving welfare may have a harder time attending college if proposed regulations …

August 9, 2006

Legislation Seeks To Expand Study Abroad For American College Students

WASHINGTON, D.C. In an effort to impart American college students with a better outlook on world events, two U.S. Senators are proposing a partnership with higher education that would dramatically expand the study abroad program.

July 30, 2006

Perspectives: Welfare Recipients Told They’re Not Wanted In College

Taking classes toward earning a bachelor’s degree would no longer counts as “work” under newly proposed welfare-to-work rules. Why would Congress and the Bush administration want to discourage college enrollment among people who arguably would most benefit by it?

July 25, 2006

African-American

Civil Rights Group President Pushes Self-Reliance

Black Americans should end “victim-like thinking” and seize opportunities to help close gaps between the nation’s rich and poor, NAACP President Bruce S. Gordon said Monday.

July 17, 2006

Virginia Study Urges Early Science Education

Among a group of eighth-graders asked in 1988 what careers they wanted as adults…

June 28, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Vermont Governor Draws Protests Over Vetoing Non-Discrimination Bill

A group of 25 transgender stood and turned their backs on A group of 25 protesters stood and turned their backs on Vermont Gov. James Douglas as he addressed a conference “Creating a Welcoming Community” at St. Michael’s College late last week. The protesters objected to Douglas’ recent veto of a bill barring discrimination against people based on their gender identity.

June 4, 2006

Illegal Immigrants Denied Corporate Scholarships

The fiery immigration-reform debate has corporations grappling with whether or not go give scholarships to students who are here illegally.

May 30, 2006

Lawsuit: Drug-Based Ban on Financial Aid Hurts Minorities

For three Midwest college students, a conviction on a minor drug offense may lead to a landmark…

May 17, 2006

Schools in South Carolina Work Through Confederate Holiday

Confederate Memorial Day is a mandatory state holiday in South Carolina, but you wouldn’t know it from the classrooms. Only one of the state’s 85 school districts closed Wednesday in observation of the holiday, the product of a legislative compromise that also created a permanent Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

May 10, 2006

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