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Due Process: Florida A&M, Florida International Finally Get Law Schools

Due Process: Florida A&M, Florida International Finally Get Law SchoolsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two months ago, more than 11,000 angry protesters marched here on Florida’s Capitol to protest Gov. Jeb Bush’s plan to end affirmative action in university admissions and state contracting.Now the Florida governor is poised to sign legislation that would create two new law […]

May 24, 2000

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Washington Briefs

White House Plans New Education Tax BreakWASHINGTON — The Clinton administration again is touting new tax benefits for higher education, though its ideas may not fare as well as they did back in 1997.That year, Congress approved two new tax credit programs — the HOPE Scholarship and the lifelong learning credit. HOPE provides up to […]

February 16, 2000

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Washington Briefs

People of Color and Women Gain In EnrollmentWASHINGTON — Students of color represent a larger share of the college population than they did at the beginning of this decade, a new Education Department report says.Minorities in 1997 accounted for 27 percent of all college students, up from 20 percent in 1990, says the study, Getting There: […]

December 22, 1999