Colleges get 60 days for citizenship checks
ATLANTA - University System Chancellor Erroll Davis on Friday gave the presidents of the state's 35 public colleges and universities two months to pore over student applications and ferret out those who can't prove they are U.S. citizens.
Colleges now face furloughs
Administrators at area colleges scrambled Wednesday to figure out how to implement Gov. Sonny Perdue's latest budget cut - 5 percent less in state funding, along with instructions to furlough employees for three days before the end of the calendar year.
Colleges need to learn free-market economic lesson
This year, the economy made Independence Day less explosive than usual. "In yet the latest reminder of the economic crisis," The Washington Post reported, more than 40 communities across the country canceled their Fourth of July fireworks.
Colleges eye funding boost
A day after President Obama announced a proposal to pump $12 billion into the nation's two-year colleges, technical and community college officials already were at work Wednesday trying to figure out how they could tap into the money.
