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Jun 25, 2024
JAMESTOWN — Five area students were included on the Jamestown Business College president’s or dean’s lists for the spring term. To qualify for the pre...
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May 16, 2024
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Southern New Hampshire University named the following students to the winter 2024 president’s list: Jennifer Wilson of Cuba, N.Y., ...
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Conservatives take aim at tenure for university profs
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HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press 
Jan 09, 2023
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — When Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked Texas colleges to disavow critical race theory, the University of Texas faculty approved a resolu...
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University rankings spur a revolt
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JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN Chicago Tribune 
Dec 04, 2022
CHICAGO (TNS) — In the beginning, God created the heavens, the earth and American higher education. We lived in a bucolic state of nature until an evi...
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Why do students need loans?
Local Columnists, Opinion
CHRIS STANLEY Special to Olean Times Herald 
Sep 01, 2022
As a recently retired professor, I’m tired of reading national editorials that offer ill-informed criticism of President Biden’s recently announced st...
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Canisius College names 25th president
News, Western New York
Olean Times Herald staff 
Feb 26, 2022
BUFFALO — Steve K. Stoute, an attorney and Catholic university administrator who emigrated from the Caribbean, has been named the 25th president of Ca...
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Fresh start for state universities
Jul 26, 2021
Change can be hard and it can be scary. But, it also can be promising. Because with change comes opportunity. That’s the spirit that must be tapped as...
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Too many holes in free college plan
Local Columnists, Nation World
May 20, 2021
On President Joe Biden’s plan to offer two years of free community college, some in the academic community have misgivings. According to a repor t in ...
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Schumer meets with Southern Tier college presidents
Allegany County News, Coronavirus, Local News, ...
RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
Jul 15, 2020
CUBA — Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer met with Southern Tier college officials earlier this week while unveiling the $430 billion Coronavirus ...
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