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		<title>Battling Over Bailout for Private Student Loans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. announced a shift last week in how the federal government planned to spend the rest of its $700 financial rescue fund — from buying financial firms’ troubled assets to helping stimulate consumer spending by improving the flow of financing to banks and firms that loan money to individuals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colleges Shift Donor Appeals Toward Student Aid</title>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2008/11/20/colleges-shift-donor-appeals-toward-student-aid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By SHELLY BANJO-Wall Street Journal
Colleges and universities are actively encouraging donors to contribute directly to education rather than asking for big gifts toward buildings and programs.
The economic downturn is causing schools to refocus their fund-raising campaigns more on financial aid, scholarships or a school&#8217;s general fund, which is typically used for a university&#8217;s most pressing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Record Year* for Foreign Student Enrollment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[More foreign students came to the United States in the 2007-8 academic year than ever before. But while there were some gains in the core undergraduate and graduate populations, particularly at the graduate level, the record result was driven largely by dramatic increases in the numbers of international students employed off-campus through optional practical training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 2008 Report: Task Force on Higher Ed Remediation, Retention, Graduation</title>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2008/08/15/august-2008-report-task-force-on-higher-ed-remediation-retention-graduation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The goal established by the Arkansas Task Force on Higher Education Remediation, Retention, and Graduation Rates (Task Force) is to design and implement policies that will enable Arkansas to meet the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) average percentage of citizens holding bachelor&#8217;s degrees by 2015. The SREB average is projected to be 27% by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UALR goes completely smoke-free in fall 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2008/08/07/ualr-goes-completely-smoke-free-in-fall-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ginny LaRoe
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will be smokefree in the fall next year, joining four other University of Arkansas System campuses in prohibiting puffing at school.The policy, which comes with no enforcement plans, will apply to all UALR property, including the W.H. Bowen School of Law and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher Education Coordinating Board Approves Role and Scope Recommendations</title>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2008/07/28/higher-education-coordinating-board-approves-role-and-scope-recommendations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEEBE, Ark. (July 25, 2008) – The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board (AHECB) gave its approval today for the 2007-2008 board officers; Chairman Dick Trammel, Vice-Chairman David Leech, and Secretary Lynda Johnson, to serve one more year in their current positions. The recommendation was made by a board nominating committee chaired by Bob Burns who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher education notebook</title>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2008/07/28/higher-education-notebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was published Monday, July 28, 2008, Arkansas Democrat Gazette
LITTLE ROCK — Photographer given posthumous degree
Will Counts, an Arkansas Democrat photographer who covered the desegregation crisis at Little Rock Central High School in 1957, has been posthumously awarded an honorary doctoral degree by the University of Central Arkansas.
The UCA Board of Trustees voted Friday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Few illegals attend state colleges</title>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2008/07/20/few-illegals-attend-state-colleges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Laura Kellams (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
LITTLE ROCK — State higher education officials have found little evidence that large numbers of illegal aliens are attending college in Arkansas, whether paying instate tuition rates or not.
The Department of Higher Education is working to set up a system to spot students’ Social Security numbers that appear to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public university association goal to increase number of bachelor-holding Arkansans</title>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2008/02/21/public-university-association-goal-to-increase-number-of-bachelor-holding-arkansans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Miranda Grubbs 
Assistant News Editor-The Echo (UCA)
Published: February 20, 2008
The Arkansas Association of Public Universities wants to increase the number of Arkansans who hold bachelor&#8217;s degrees to help the future knowledge-based economy, organization director Tim Wooldridge said.&#160; 
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According to a 2003 list from the U.S. Census Bureau, Arkansas ranks 49 among the states for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UAM Chancellor To Lead Planning And Organization of AAPU Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.arkapu.org/2008/02/18/uam-chancellor-to-lead-planning-and-organization-of-aapu-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTICELLO, AR &#8212; University of Arkansas at Monticello Chancellor Jack Lassiter has been selected to chair a group that will organize and plan the annual meeting of the Arkansas Association of Public Universities (AAPU).
&#160;Lassiter&#8217;s selection was announced at the AAPU&#8217;s first Presidents and Chancellors Advance/Retreat held January 27-28 at Mount Magazine State Park.
&#160;The group discussed [...]]]></description>
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