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Next big thing: Community colleges
Can everyone stop beating up President Obama over our double-digit unemployment rate?

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.

At top colleges, diversity not just black-white
ST. LOUIS — An annual price tag that tops $52,000 aside, Washington University's commitment to luring more low-income students is hard to question.

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.

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 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.