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The nation: Protesting for education
- 03-04-2010
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NPR
With the economy struggling to recover, funding for public higher education has taken an inevitable hit. To close billion-dollar gaps in statewide funding, governors have asked their university systems to cut their budgets, causing ripple effects detrimental to students' lives. All options are on the table—tuition hikes, furloughs, job cuts, eliminating majors, eliminating student programs—and all options mean less money for education and less investment in students. In the slideshow that follows, The Nation offers a window into some of the states making those calls—and the student response. (more...)
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