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The Texas Tribune: Committed to Research, but Cuts Raise Issues

The president of the University of Texas at Arlington warned that further state budget cuts would threaten the university’s progress toward becoming a tier-one institution.
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The Learning Network: Test Yourself | Math, Jan. 31, 2011

To protest the high cost of his tuition, a student at the University of Colorado, Boulder paid his spring semester tuition of $14,309.51 using $1 dollar bills and change. If a $1 bill weighs about one gram, about how many pounds did the student's money weigh?
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National Briefing | SOUTH: Kentucky: Discrimination Suit Is Settled at University

An astronomy professor who sued the University of Kentucky after claiming he lost out on a top job because of his Christian beliefs settled with the university.
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After Scrutiny by New Jersey, College Names a New Leader

Stevens Institute of Technology, which last year settled a lawsuit brought by the state, has hired a University of Maryland official as its president.
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Transforming Africa Through Higher Education

Ashesi University College, a private college in Ghana, was founded with big dreams of transforming the continent.
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Student Pays Tuition One Dollar at a Time

A sophomore at the University of Colorado pays his $14,309.51 tuition bill in dollar bills, a 50-cent piece and a penny.
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Breaking Custom, Seton Hall Picks a Layman as President

In naming A. Gabriel Esteban as its new leader, Seton Hall University broke with its recent tradition of appointing only Roman Catholic priests to the post.
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The Choice: ‘A Deferral Is Not a Rejection’

Jessica Ray, a senior at Cherry Creek High in Denver, learns she'll have to wait a bit longer for a decision from one of her "dream'' schools, though she's already got good news from the University of Colorado Boulder and Colorado School of Mines.
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Helping the Environment, Healing a Region

The University of Kisangani in the Congo has started a master's course on sustainable management of the environment, which officials hope will also help the war-torn country in its push for peace and progress.
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A Quest to Explain What Grades Really Mean

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is planning to add extra information — probably median grades, and perhaps more — to transcripts, among other measures.
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