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Ahmadinejad to Iran’s rulers: Keep coed colleges
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s political power struggles have brought no shortage of cutthroat intrigue with careers ruined, government officials arrested and even accusations of black magic. And now this — firebrand President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the voice of liberal dissent.

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.

New rules could bring NFL look to colleges
INDIANAPOLIS - College football could be taking a few pages right out of the NFL's rule book.

Struggles of men at black colleges drag on grad rates
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - They're no longer the only option for African-American students, but the country's historically black colleges and universities brag that they provide a supportive environment where these students are more likely to succeed.

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.

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.