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College Presidents Wary of Obama Cost-control Plan

by Kimberly Hefling, AP Education Writer , January 30, 2012

President Barack Obama's new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach.

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College Presidents Wary of Obama Cost-control Plan

by Kimberly Hefling, AP Education Writer , January 30, 2012


President Barack Obama's new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach.

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Obama Maps 2012 Education Agenda

by Charles Dervarics , January 26, 2012


President Obama outlined an election-year higher education plan that includes a major expansion of college work-study programs and a stronger role of community colleges in workforce training.

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Small Washington College Aims To Teach Civil Rights

by Shannon Dininny, The Associated Press , January 18, 2012


Whitman College is partnering with the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit civil rights organization based in Montgomery, Ala., to help its students teach schoolchildren about the civil rights movement in Walla Walla, Wash.

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Policy Study Touts the Expertise, Experience of Minority-Serving Schools

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim , January 13, 2012


A new policy brief issued this week by the Institute for Higher Education Policy says Minority Serving Institutions should be seen as “experts in the education of low-income, first generation and under-represented students.”

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