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		<title>Christie proposes increased aid to higher education</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mary Diduch and Jovelle Tamayo / Staff Writers Gov. Chris Christie outlined his third annual budget address for the next fiscal year — with the intent to make New Jersey have an economic “comeback” with tax cuts and increased funding for certain government entities, like higher education. The governor’s budget proposal — announced yesterday]]></description>
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		<title>Lautenberg raises questions over proposed merger</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg has raised questions over a proposed merger of two South Jersey colleges, including concerns over the impact on tuition costs and employment at the combined university. Lautenberg raised his concerns in a letter today to Gov. Chris Christie, who has endorsed a controversial merger of Rutgers-Camden and Glassboro-based Rowan University. In]]></description>
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		<title>Rule seen to discourage Rowan-Rutgers merger</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AFTNJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An executive order to force the realignment of the state’s universities is precluded by state statute, according to legal expert Ronald T. Chen. An exemption known as 18A:3B-36 requires “specific enabling legislation” for the reorganization of state institutions of higher education any time after July 1, 1994. It throws a monkey wrench into potential plans]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Cornel West Speaks on Student Debt Week of Action</title>
		<link>http://aftnj.org/topics/news/higher-education/2012/dr-cornel-west-speaks-on-student-debt-week-of-action/</link>
		<comments>http://aftnj.org/topics/news/higher-education/2012/dr-cornel-west-speaks-on-student-debt-week-of-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AFTNJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Higher Ed News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had the opportunity to see Dr. West in person. He wanted to pass on the importance of participating in the United States Student Association and the Student Labor Action Project&#8217;s Week of Action. In 2012 student debt will reach 1 trillion dollars, meaning we are students with no jobs, mortgage size loans and no]]></description>
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		<title>AFL-CIO chief goes on the offensive</title>
		<link>http://aftnj.org/topics/news/2012/afl-cio-chief-goes-on-the-offensive/</link>
		<comments>http://aftnj.org/topics/news/2012/afl-cio-chief-goes-on-the-offensive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AFTNJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Trumka hopes to take advantage of the growing frustration with Wall Street and concerns about income inequality to reverse organized labor&#8217;s long decline. By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Columbus, Ohio— The future of the labor movement may very well rest in the hands of a man who was sitting over a]]></description>
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		<title>CT: Malloy Backs Out Of Appearance With Parent Group</title>
		<link>http://aftnj.org/topics/news/k-12/2012/ct-malloy-backs-out-of-appearance-with-parent-group/</link>
		<comments>http://aftnj.org/topics/news/k-12/2012/ct-malloy-backs-out-of-appearance-with-parent-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Connecticut Parents Union teamed up with Michelle Rhee’s StudentsFirst is when Gov. Dannel P. Malloy decided not to attend a March 14 rally being sponsored by the group. “As much as the governor respects people’s rights to be a part of the education dialogue, Ms. Rhee has at times been a divisive figure,“]]></description>
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		<title>Business school dean: Rutgers-Rowan merger ‘started off with the wrong question&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://aftnj.org/topics/news/higher-education/2012/business-school-dean-rutgers-rowan-merger-%e2%80%98started-off-with-the-wrong-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Melinda Caliendo The dean of Rutgers University School of Business-Camden said the state can set the standard for a national model of education only if leaders start asking the right business questions. &#8220;Trying to merge two very different entities with different plans together is a very simplistic solution to a complex problem,&#8221; said Jaishankar]]></description>
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		<title>Interpreting Achievement Gaps In New Jersey And Beyond</title>
		<link>http://aftnj.org/topics/news/k-12/2012/interpreting-achievement-gaps-in-new-jersey-and-beyond/</link>
		<comments>http://aftnj.org/topics/news/k-12/2012/interpreting-achievement-gaps-in-new-jersey-and-beyond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AFTNJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew Di Carlo A recent statement by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) attempts to provide an empirical justification for that state’s focus on the achievement gap – the difference in testing performance between subgroups, usually defined in terms of race or income. Achievement gaps, which receive a great deal of public attention, are]]></description>
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		<title>Obama takes tougher stance on higher education</title>
		<link>http://aftnj.org/topics/news/higher-education/2012/obama-takes-tougher-stance-on-higher-education/</link>
		<comments>http://aftnj.org/topics/news/higher-education/2012/obama-takes-tougher-stance-on-higher-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AFTNJ</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aftnj.org/?p=2140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON  — Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money? Students with loans are graduating on average with more]]></description>
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		<title>Who needs college anyway?</title>
		<link>http://aftnj.org/topics/news/higher-education/2012/who-needs-college-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY WILL BUNCH, Philadelphia Daily News PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Rick Santorum thinks it&#8217;s &#8220;intellectual snobbery&#8221; to say that every American should go to college. But tell that to Bob Stewart, of Northeast Philadelphia. After steady union work dried up a few years ago, a diploma became his quest for survival. &#8220;Everything needed a college degree,&#8221; said Stewart,]]></description>
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