US recession&#39s other victim: public universities

US recession's other victim: public universities
Despite more than $ 235 million in spending cuts and cost-saving measures to non-academic areas since 2004 — ranging from limiting the colors of Post-it notes to installing dual flush toilets to save water — the University of Michigan is fortunate …
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Compulsory maths lessons until 18 would be a miscalculation
We absolutely need a mathematically literate cohort of school graduates to fill university places and technical jobs, but this is not solved by forcing everyone to study maths. It's important to ask which are the pupils who will be most affected by …
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