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Quality of SAT exam debated

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - The president of the University of California system reiterated his call for a new college entry exam to replace the SAT, while the head of the company that owns the popular exam defended it as the "best test in the world."

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Education
Lawmakers question Extension officials on county cuts

...offer specifics about which county Extension offices will see cuts under the plan, which was approved by the University's Board of Regents last month. Casey said the decisions haven't been made.

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Government, corporate America forming boards to find out what young people think

...own college days. He was one of several student leaders who fought, in the 1960s, to get a student on his university's board of regents -- a "radical" idea at the time, he says. This fall, the city of Columbus, Ohio, appointed its first...

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University and Vikings continue stadium talks

...Vikings, a Dec. 1 deadline was set. An agreement must be reached by Nov. 27 if the plan is to go before the university's Board of Regents in December. The two sides are trading proposals on how the stadium would be operated and how revenue would...

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Report: Athletes graduate faster than others at U of M

...the Big Ten despite being better than those of other students. The findings were presented Thursday to the university's Board of Regents. Fifty-four percent of scholarship athletes who entered school six years before graduated in 2001, compared...

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Sports
St. John's grad donates $5 million

...million. "It's time to give back to St. John's," said Dan Whalen, who also is vice chairman of the university's board of regents. "I'm not going to wait until I die, or all those who helped me are gone, to say 'thank you."' He...

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OUR OPINION: STADIUM

...campus may not be heaven, but that same rule applies at the new TCF Bank Stadium that opens this fall. The university's Board of Regents Wednesday reluctantly voted to make all athletic events on campus alcohol free. The reluctance came because...

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