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textUS: Higher education costs increase for the most needy by wsws (reposted)
The College Board, a not-for-profit organization that administers entrance and other standardized tests in the US and whose membership includes more than 5,000 institutions of higher learning, has released several reports on higher education in the United States. All of these studies lead to the inescapable conclusion that since the year 2000, middle- and lower-income students have been paying more for public higher education at a time when they are less able to afford doing so....
Posted: Wed, Nov 15, 2006 6:22am PST
imageMessage from the Student & Youth Conference in Oaxaca
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by danielsan
A statement from the 2nd National Student & Youth Conference, held November 11th 2006 at the Autonomous University of Oaxaca - Benito Juarez Palabra del 2do Encuentro Nacional Estudiantil y Juvenil efectuado el 11 de Noviembre 2006 en la UABJO....
Posted: Mon, Nov 13, 2006 3:41pm PST
textGreece: Sellout of teachers’ strike paves way for massive government attacks by wsws (reposted)
The union bureaucracy’s sellout of the teachers’ struggle against low pay and education reforms will pave the way for the government’s attack on education and other public services....
Posted: Mon, Nov 13, 2006 6:32am PST
imageOaxacan students march
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by tristan
Nov. 8 march for Radio Universidad...
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 2:29pm PST
textAustralia: State Labor government slashes education funding for the most needy by wsws (reposted)
The Labor government in Victoria has long made claims to be reversing the attacks on education carried out by its predecessor, the right-wing Liberal Kennett government. The reality is that it has continued along precisely the same lines....
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 6:19am PST
textStudents at Premier School for the Deaf Block Controversial Appointment by Democracy Now (reposted)
Student protesters at the nation’s premier school for the deaf have proclaimed victory after the board of trustees voted Sunday to terminate the appointment of the incoming school president. Gallaudet University had been the scene of ongoing student and faculty protests over the hiring of Jane Fernandes to head the school. We’re joined by campus leader Latoya Plummer....
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 7:04am PST
textLondon: Students protest huge hike in tuition fees by wsws (reposted)
Bearing placards that read, “Admission impossible: fight for free education,” several thousand students took part in a militant demonstration in central London on October 29 to protest against a massive hike in tuition fees....
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 6:35am PST
textAlexander Wants Free Education By 2009 by Stewart A. Alexander
The plan Alexander is presenting will unfold over the next three years; first, students will receive a 35 percent reduction in college tuition fees by 2007, by 2008 students will receive an additional 20 percent reduction on fees, and by 2009 all state colleges and universities will offer free education....
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 9:19am PST
imageUCSB Students lock down Chancellor's Office
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by Darwin
Protests have been shaking the UCSB campus for almost two weeks now.... A tent city has been built by students and has sat in the center of campus since October 16th....
Posted: Thu, Oct 26, 2006 11:17am PDT
textLt. Governor Candidates Wants Free Education By 2009 by Stewart A. Alexander
The plan Alexander is presenting will unfold over the next three years; first, students will receive a 35 percent reduction in college tuition fees by 2007, by 2008 students will receive an additional 20 percent reduction on fees, and by 2009 all state colleges and universities will offer free education....
Posted: Wed, Oct 25, 2006 9:26pm PDT
textJoin California Safe Schools & Tell EPA Pesticide Labels Should Identify ALL Ingredients by California Safe Schools
Our national pesticide law only requires that certain ingredients in a pesticide (called the active ingredients) be identified on the label. All the others are misleadingly called inert ingredients, and are not identified. These same ingredients escape from most of the testing and evaluation required for active ingredients. They're not really inert, just untested. The public is being kept in the dark It's time for a change!...
Posted: Wed, Oct 25, 2006 8:15pm PDT
textStudent Activist assassinated in Popayan Colombia by Dora Troyano
Popayán, Colombia: Biology student and activist assassinated Milton Hernan Troyano Sanchez, a radical student leader and participànt of the Huelga de Hambre of 2004, was assinated the night of October 18th, in a city park in Popayán, Colombia....
Posted: Wed, Oct 25, 2006 1:54pm PDT
textGreenpeace Organizing Term by katie
The Greenpeace Organizing Term (GOT) is an action-filled semester and the best hands-on training for you to become an environmental leader....
Posted: Thu, Oct 19, 2006 8:18pm PDT
textMexico: Government ultimatum against striking teachers by wsws (reposted)
The Mexican government has threatened striking teachers in the city of Oaxaca with police and military repression this week unless they accept a negotiated agreement between the Vicente Fox government, the teachers union and the Oaxacan Peoples Popular Assembly (APPO). On October 12, striking teachers voted to reject the deal....
Posted: Tue, Oct 17, 2006 7:36am PDT
textMinuteman Founder Jim Gilchrist Storms Off DN! Debate With Columbia Student Organizer by Democracy Now (reposted)
The anti-immigration group the Minuteman Project announced yesterday that they are seeking to strip Columbia University of federal funding for what they say are violations of their civil rights. Last week, student demonstrators disrupted a speech by Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist who was invited to the school by the College Republicans. Gilchrist and student organizer Karina Garcia joins us for a debate that ends when Gilchrist abruptly pulls the plug....
Posted: Wed, Oct 11, 2006 7:49am PDT
textStudent/Farmworker Alliance Days of Action! by SFA
1-2 Punch! Nationwide McDonald's actions Oct. 27-28th From 'sweet spot' to sore spot!... This October 27-28th, join students and young people across the country in standing with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to end sweatshops and modern-day slavery in the fields!...
Posted: Tue, Oct 10, 2006 8:38pm PDT
textCommentary: Hooray for the Parents Television Council by Matthew Lasar
"Looking at the other panelists here today, I feel somewhat like a skunk in the picnic."...
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 6:36pm PDT
textANG MGA MANUNULAT AT ARTISTA SA PANAHON NG GLOBALISASYON by FQSN-USA
Kailangang ipaalam sa madla na ang ugat ng mga ideya ng mga naghaharing uri na ipinapakalat ng mga binabayarn nilang mga alagad sa sining at panitikan ay naka-ugat sa kanilang pagnanais na panatiliin ang kaugalian ng kanilang uri...
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 3:35pm PDT
textBush Administration Says Prominent Muslim Scholar Can’t Teach in the US by Democracy Now (reposted)
He’s considered one of the most prominent Muslim intellectual in Europe. Time Magazine calls him of the 100 most likely innovators of the 21st century. But the US government won’t let him into the country. We get reaction from Oxford University professor Tariq Ramadan to the Bush administration’s latest explanation why he can't accept a teaching position in the United States....
Posted: Thu, Sep 28, 2006 5:46pm PDT
textFCC approves revised rules for digital kids TV by Matthew Lasar
The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously accepted revised rules that limit the amount of commercial material broadcast on digital television intended for children....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 4:16pm PDT
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