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A $4 Billion Push for Better Schools

President Barack Obama is leaning hard on the nation’s schools, using the promise of more than $4 billion in federal aid — and the threat of withholding it — to strong-arm the education establishment to accept more charter schools and performance pay for teachers, according to The Washington Post. Today, Obama will officially announce the […]

July 23, 2009

Students

Black Newspaper in Boston Suspends Publication

An African-American newspaper that covered Boston’s busing riots of the 1970s, the fall of Black political leaders, and the rise of the state’s first Black governor, Deval Patrick, has suspended publication after 44 years and laid off its 12 employees.

July 8, 2009

STEM

Coalition Proposes Alternative to Obama Student Loan Reform Plan

A diverse group of 32 lenders, guaranty agencies, secondary markets and servicers representing public, private and nonprofit segments of the student loan community on Tuesday proposed an alternative to President Barack Obama’s plan to revamp the federal student loan system.

July 7, 2009

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Report: States Must Strengthen Higher Education Systems for U.S. to Stay Competitive

A new Education Sector study released Tuesday calls on states to strengthen their higher education systems, if the United States is to remain competitive in the coming decades.

June 30, 2009

Community Colleges

California Budget Crisis Hits Colleges

California voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest effort to fix the state’s budget, a package of budget-balancing measures that he promised would provide a short-term patch for the current financial crisis and prevent further catastrophe in the future.

May 20, 2009

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Bernanke Tells Morehouse Audience He Sees ‘Tentative Signs’ of Improvement

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday during a speech at Morehouse College there’s been “tentative signs” that the recession may be easing.

April 14, 2009

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Black Georgia Lawmaker Calls on Colleagues to Help Morris Brown

State Rep. Tyrone Brooks on Monday urged elected officials across Georgia to help Morris Brown College overcome a financial crisis that is threatening to close the school’s doors.

February 24, 2009

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Drew University Lays Off, Cuts Salaries Amid Economic Turmoil

Dr. Susan Kelly, president and chief executive of the university in Willowbrook, south of Watts, told the Times, “We were in pretty good shape in June, but … our normal sources of funds dried up.”

February 9, 2009

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Stimulus: Congress To Wrangle Over Senate Education Cuts

The U.S. Senate compromise bill cut $3.5 billion for work on higher education facilities, according to a breakdown of the Senate compromise stimulus bill released late Friday evening by Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb.

February 8, 2009

Community Colleges

Community Colleges Juggle Record Enrollments, Budget Cuts

Sociology professor Lorraine Cohen worries more and more students will get shut out of New York City’s LaGuardia Community College if the governor’s proposed budget cut of 10 percent goes through.

February 5, 2009

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Education Chief: Schools Crucial to Recovery

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the economy won’t improve without the billions of dollars for schools in President Barack Obama’s recovery plan.

February 1, 2009

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House Quickly OKs $819B Economic Stimulus Bill

In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus bill Wednesday night, filled with new spending and tax cuts at the core of the young administration’s revival plan for the desperately ailing economy. The vote was 244-188.

January 28, 2009