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By Larry Gordon and Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times
With the chants of protesters wafting into their meeting room and armed police standing guard, the University of California's Board of Regents approved a 32%, or $2,500, increase in undergraduate fees Thursday, but promised more financial aid to keep needy students from dropping out. (Also see: CA: California lawmakers, officials face 18% pay cut )
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By Monica Davey, The New York Times
LINCOLN, Neb. — In an unusual pushback against President Obama's expansion of federal financing of human embryonic stem cell research, the University of Nebraska is considering restricting its stem cell experiments to cell lines approved by President George W. Bush.
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AZ: FACTS fees to remain the same
By Staff Reports, Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff)
Fees for a locally run low-cost child care program -- with art, drumming, snacks and homework help -- are not proposed to increase after all, following a decision from the state not to implement a large licensing fee hike.
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AZ: Special-needs scholarship struggles for donations
By Emily Gersema, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
A new scholarship fund for Arizona special-needs and foster children to attend private schools is falling flat, forcing some parents to send their children to other schools or to home-school, and prompting some small private schools to close their doors.
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CA: Regents raise college tuition in California by 32 percent
By Tamar Lewin and Rebecca Cathcart, The New York Times
As the University of California's Board of Regents met Thursday at U.C.L.A. and approved a plan to raise undergraduate fees — the equivalent of tuition — 32 percent next fall, hundreds of students from campuses across the state demonstrated outside, beating drums and chanting slogans against the increase.
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CA: A crown jewel of education struggles with cuts
By Tamar Lewin, The New York Times
BERKELEY, Calif. — As the University of California struggles to absorb its sharpest drop in state financing since the Great Depression, every professor, administrator and clerical worker has been put on furlough amounting to an average pay cut of 8 percent.
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CT: Schools shift strategy on swine flu, staying open more
By Grace E. Merritt, The Hartford Courant
Despite a handful of school closings last month when a second wave of swine flu hit the state — including one decision to close schools in a district where only 6 percent of the students were out sick — superintendents overall now seem to be showing more restraint when deciding whether to close.
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FL: State rates teacher prep programs
By Ron Matus, St. Petersburg Times
Out of the blue, the FCAT has a new job: measuring the programs across the state that produce teachers. And it is already waving a red flag at the University of South Florida.
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HI: School board approves bus fare increase
By Loren Moreno, The Honolulu Advertiser
Public school parents will pay more for their kids to ride the school bus come next year after the state Board of Education voted 8-2 tonight to raise one-way fares from 35 cents to 75 cents.
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IA: Culver -- It's time for school reform
By Staci Hupp, The Des Moines Register
Gov. Chet Culver said today that Iowa will go after up to $175 million in federal money for schools, but there are strings attached: Schools in Iowa must change.
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IL: UIC names new head of economics department
By The Associated Press, Quad-City Times
Professor David Merriman has also been named a professor of economics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and will continue to work as a professor of public administration in the school's College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs.
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IN: Indiana wants stimulus cash for schools
By Deanna Martin, Associated Press Writer, South Bend Tribune
Indiana hopes to win $250 million or more in competitive federal stimulus grants for schools — money the state superintendent says it deserves because of recent changes lawmakers made to education policies.
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LA: Roemer -- Trim DOE, excess staff
By Will Sentell, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
The state Department of Education is so bureaucratic and unresponsive to children that it needs to be overhauled from top to bottom, a member of the state's top school board said Thursday.
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MD: State slashes budget by $362M
By Liam Farrell, The Capital (Annapolis)
The latest round of state budget cuts imposed yesterday will limit student financial aid, slice Medicaid payments to hospitals and even reduce commuter bus trips for state employees when the legislature is not in session.
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MS: USM tragedy list continues to grow
By Ed Kemp, Hattiesburg American, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)
University of Southern Mississippi senior McKenzie C. Beilmann, 24, known as "Cole," planned on traveling internationally through a career in construction. He had his eye on South America. But his death in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday evening on U.S. 98 deprived him of that chance. Instead, it places him on a tragic list with six other Southern Miss students to die this semester.
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NC: UNC tuition hike too small, some say
By Eric Ferreri, The News & Observer (Raleigh)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Students at UNC-Chapel Hill will continue to pay far less for their educations than peers at most of the campus's competitors under a tuition plan approved Thursday. And that, some say, is a problem.
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ND: State of the University set for Dec. 1
By Staff Reports, Grand Forks Herald
UND President Robert Kelley will give the annual State of the University address at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 1, as part of the University Council meeting in the Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.
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NE: UNL and witch settle lawsuit
By The Associated Press, Omaha World-Herald
A woman who sued the University of Nebraska last year, saying the school fired her because she is a witch, has agreed to settle the case for $40,000.
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NJ: Colleges spot chance to fight sexual assault
By Staff Reports, The Star-Ledger (Newark)
On college campuses across the state, students mix in dormitories and mingle at parties, but experts say they remain dangerously shy about confronting the warning signs of sexual assault.
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OK: Horse Sensitivity
By Amanda O'Toole, Tulsa World
STILLWATER, Okla. — The wild mustangs Freedom, El Compadre and Felio were featured during the halftime show at Oklahoma State University's football game Thursday in an effort to raise awareness of the plight of wild horses.
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OR: Tax measures represent next economic crossroads
By Peter Wong, Statesman Journal (Salem)
With Oregon's economy and tax collections apparently stabilizing, the next development affecting state services and aid to public schools will hinge on how Oregon voters decide the Legislature's budget-balancing tax measures Jan. 26.
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OR: OSU faculty face mandatory furloughs
By Cheryl Hatch, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Under the proposal, faculty members will have to take a minimum of three unpaid days and a maximum of 12, depending on their salaries and whether they're on nine-month or 12-month contracts.
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SC: Role of black colleges in higher education touted
By Wayne Washington, The State (Columbia)
The presidents of six colleges and universities in South Carolina met Thursday morning with the chief executive officer of a private foundation that has given at least $2 million to a pair of historically black colleges and universities in this state.
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TX: State (board) of agitation
By Abby Rapoport, The Texas Tribune
Legislative frustration and national efforts to standardize state curricula threaten to diminish the State Board of Education's authority. For now, members are just trying to get along — but the rifts are still as big as ever.
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TX: Investment firm stands by reports on gifts to State Board of Education official
By Jeff Horwitz, The Dallas Morning News
State Board of Education member Rick Agosto has accused an investment company of incorrectly reporting that it gave him more than $1,000 in gifts before it sought a lucrative contract with the board. But the company has insisted that its disclosures are generally correct and said in letters to the Texas Education Agency that the disagreement may partially result from differences in accounting.
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TX: Settlement delay costs HISD $82 million
By Ericka Mellon, The Houston Chronicle
Houston ISD schools have gone without at least $82 million for technology upgrades while the district is under federal investigation for questionable deals with computer equipment vendors.
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US: Gateses give $290 million for education
By Sam Dillon, The New York Times
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday announced its biggest education donation in a decade, $290 million, in support of three school districts and five charter groups working to transform how teachers are evaluated and how they get tenure.
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WA: Governor opposes delay in WASL math and science testing
By The Associated Press, The Olympian
SEATTLE -- Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday she opposes state schools chief Randy Dorn's proposal to delay the requirement for students to pass math and science tests to graduate, because the state's economy depends on Washington students leaving high school well trained in both subjects.
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WV: WVU Tech athletic department losing money, audit shows
By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette
West Virginia University Institute of Technology's athletic department has a losing record when it comes to finances, running budget deficits of more than $1 million for each of the past two academic years, a legislative audit released Thursday concludes.
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