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LOCAL HEADLINES
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Chemistry camp
for Autistic
By Scott Kilbury.
Through an
American
Chemical Society
innovative
program grant
University of
Arizona research
professor of
radiology Terry
Matsunaga, whose
son has autism,
was able to put
together a team
to introduce
children ages 11
to 15 with
highly
functioning
autism to the
world of
chemical science
on the UA
campus.
(KOLD-TV (CBS)
Ch. 13:
http://www.KOLD.com/global/story.asp?s=11851324)
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Want to do
Martian science?
It's time to log
in
By Otto Ross.
The HiWish Web
site, launched
Wednesday, gives
the public the
opportunity to
scour the
surface of Mars,
suggesting
targets for UA's
High Resolution
Imaging Science
Experiment.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_6eeb763f-76b9-5be5-aa8f-f8f0906691ed.html)
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Bill would allow
professors to
carry guns on
campus
By Kyle Daly. A
bill introduced
in the state
Senate last week
could give some
university and
community
college
professors the
right to carry
concealed
firearms on
campus. ASU law
professor
Michael Berch
said even with
training and
testing, most
faculty members
are not
qualified to
handle firearms.
(ASU State
Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/9939)
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University would
have $9.1M
economic impact
By Jackie
Leatherman. A
local foundation
is inching
forward to bring
a four-year
university to
Lake Havasu
City. “It will
happen,” said
Lake Havasu
Foundation for
Higher Education
President Jo
Navaretta.
(Today's News
Herald:
http://www.havasunews.com/articles/2010/01/20/news/doc4b56937b0dfa3709775224.txt)
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NATIONAL
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'Desperate' UC
students scurry
to snag key
classes
By Larry Gordon.
Across the
University of
California
system as the
new term begins,
students
complain of
fewer course
offerings --
reductions of up
to 11% on some
campuses
compared with a
year ago.
(LA Times:
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/education/~3/0RCmoq36EkQ/la-me-classes20-2010jan20,0,190939.story)
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Waiting lists to
be established
at most UC
campuses,
regents say
By Larry Gordon.
The University
of California
will break with
tradition and
establish
waiting lists
for freshman
admission as it
copes with
uncertain state
funding,
officials said
Wednesday.
(LA Times:
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/JzihFXTNLzc/la-me-uc21-2010jan21,0,7700795.story)
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Group urges
improved value,
breadth of
college degrees
By Mary Beth
Marklein. On
Wednesday, a
national
association of
colleges called
for a
"far-reaching
national
commitment" to
improve "the
breadth, level
and quality of
students' actual
learning."
(USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-01-21-collegelearning21_ST_N.htm)
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Paychecks
Stagnate for
Presidents of
Many Public
Universities
By Marisa
Lopez-Rivera.
The bad economy
is putting the
brakes on pay
increases for
public-university
leaders. Base
salaries stopped
growing last
year for more
than one-third
of the 185
public-university
chief executives
included in a
new Chronicle
survey, while 10
percent of those
top leaders
experienced a
decline in total
compensation.
(The Chronicle
of Higher
Education:
http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/news/~3/JTWi8jcd4Cc/)
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Stimulus Money
Staved Off Deep
Cuts in State
Appropriations
for Higher
Education
By Eric
Kelderman.
State-budget
cuts for
colleges could
have been worse
this year.
That's the
conclusion of an
annual report on
state
appropriations
for higher
education.
(The Chronicle
of Higher
Education:
http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/news/~3/57lna7uGMmc/)
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