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• Knoxville celebrates award of $259M composites research hub
• California Governor Brown announces $113 billion budget for 2015-16
• Obama proposes publicly funded community colleges for all
• Obama pushes $60 billion plan for free community college
• Community Colleges Expand Online as Overall Enrollment Declines
• Gambia president replaces justice minister after coup attempt

Knoxville celebrates award of $259M composites research hub Posted: 09 Jan 2015 04:24 PM PST President Barack Obama came to Knoxville on Friday to announce a national free college tuition plan modeled after Tennessee's program, but it was his announcement of a $259 million manufacturing innovation ...

California Governor Brown announces $113 billion budget for 2015-16 Posted: 09 Jan 2015 02:03 PM PST By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California Democratic Governor Jerry Brown on Friday released his 2015-16 state budget, calling for $113 billion in proposed general fund spending, up just 1.4 percent from the year before despite the state's substantial economic recovery. Brown, a fiscal moderate whose tight-fisted policies helped stabilize state finances, proposed modest increases in spending on public schools and for health and human services, but tightened the budget for some departments. "We have a carefully balanced budget - more precarious than I would like," Brown ...

Obama proposes publicly funded community colleges for all Posted: 09 Jan 2015 02:02 PM PST KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday proposed to bring the cost of two years of community college "down to zero" for all Americans, an ambitious nationwide plan based on a popular Tennessee program signed into law by that state's Republican governor.

Obama pushes $60 billion plan for free community college Posted: 09 Jan 2015 11:57 AM PST By Steve Holland KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama promoted a proposal to offer two years of free community college tuition to students on Friday but the plan and its $60 billion pricetag over 10 years immediately faced skepticism from Republican lawmakers. Obama floated the education idea on the third and final day of a tour to promote agenda items being prepared for his Jan. 20 State of the Union address, a speech that will be his first to the U.S. Congress since Republicans won the Senate in November elections. ...

Community Colleges Expand Online as Overall Enrollment Declines Posted: 09 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST Enrollment is falling at community colleges across the country.

Gambia president replaces justice minister after coup attempt Posted: 09 Jan 2015 02:52 AM PST BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has replaced Minister of Justice Basiru Mahoney in the second cabinet reshuffle since soldiers attempted to seize power in the tiny West African state late last month while Jammeh was out of the country. State television gave no reason in its announcement late on Thursday for the removal of Mahoney and his replacement by Aboubacarr Senghore, former minister for higher education, research, science and technology. Jammeh also replaced Kalilou Bayo, secretary general and minister for presidential affairs and the civil service, with Lamin ...

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