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  Tom Joyner Venture Will Help Black Colleges Start Online Programs

  By Goldie Blumenstyk

  The radio-show host's company intends to assist the colleges in competing against for-profit institutions in enrolling minority students.

• Public Higher Education Is 'Eroding From All Sides,' Warn Political Scientists

  By David Glenn

  The institutions are facing declining finances and popular support, said scholars at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.

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• Texas A&M System Will Rate Professors Based on Their Bottom-Line Value
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• Court Largely Upholds Florida Law That Put Sharp Limits on Academic Travel to Cuba
• U. of Wisconsin Cannot Exclude Religious Group From Student Fees, Court Says
• Key Senator Calls for More Federal Oversight of For-Profit Colleges
• New Group Strives to Protect International Students in Australia
• Hong Kong Aims to Attract Foreign Campuses to Its Shores
• U. of Southern Mississippi Plans to Cut Programs and 29 Faculty Jobs
• Public Colleges Turn to Tuition Increases to Offset Budget Squeezes