State Universities

Six Boston Colleges Become State Universities

Posted 05.25.2011

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Change is upon a few Massachusetts state colleges. On July 28, Gov.Deval Patrick signed a measure that will rebrand six of them as universities. The...

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University of Illinois Is in the Black, While Faculty and Students See Red

Lennard Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lennard Davis

As state university systems flounder on financial ruin, faculty and students become the excess baggage thrown off the boat to save the ship.

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Growing Businesses in African Soil

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Silverstein

It's in our own self-interest to jump start agricultural development with the goal of creating markets for ourselves.

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