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Recruiting minority teachers
Programs aim to balance quality and diversity in preparing teachers

• Already underfunded, minority colleges face big challenges

Campus Clips
U.S. students are just average on international measures
NAEP science scores show no gains

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Detention of union head challenges collegiality
Fighting initiative fraud in Oregon
GEO ups the ante at U of Illinois
Facing down impasse, Kansas TAs decide to fight
Oregon board rules for grad employees on FERPA
AFL-CIO pushes organizing, elects McElroy to council
Unions nip unseemly raises
Honoring three PSC members lost on Sept. 11

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Your Money
The Social Security 'crisis' is a fabrication

Tax Talk
Tax-smart investing in post-EGTRRA times

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