November 03, 2009 (vol. 120, iss. 39) • Page Image 3
… base in a changing nation. MARRAKECH, MOROCCO Clinton curbs praise of Israeli policy In the face of Arab criticism of the administration's recalibrated Mideast peace tack, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary…
…-Palestinian peace talks. In a sign of U.S. eagerness to calm Arab concerns about the U.S.position on settlements, Cylinton is extend- ing her trip by one day to fly to Cairo to meet with President Hosni Muba- rak…
… revenue and other money. Now, with cuts ofnearly $300 per student looming and some districts looking at losing as much as $600 per student, think tanks, business groups and education advocates are calling…
… a year from now without the stimulus money," he says. Schools are scrambling to absorb cuts being imposed on them this month. Total cuts in the public education budget total $292 per student. That…
… student. Lawmakers could erase some of the cuts school districts face. They have until Nov. 21 to come up with more revenue that would erase the $127-per-student cut Granholm imposed last week because she…
…. The federal dollars saved schools from another $280-per-student decrease this school year. Students move through the entrance of Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis during a class change…
… colleges with the aim of seeing an additional 5 million students gradu- ate by 2020. This goal comes while many schools are already bursting at the seams with droves of displaced workers hit by the recession…
… compet- ing with traditional students seeking an education bargain. "All community colleges are not prepared to take on those poten- tially large numbers of students," said Debra Bragg, a professor and…
… that many more students - schools could increase graduation rates to reach the goal. And the administration says money from the 10-year initiative to rebuild aging facilities and establish online classes…
… would help schools handle the extrastudents. Bragg says the schools' ability to deal with more students largely comes downto cash. Much of the money for the nation's 1,200 community colleges comes from…