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While single-sex institutions in higher education, like the Citadel (and, closer to home, Radcliffe) are on their way out, single-sex schools are experiencing a revival in primary and secondary schools. Five years ago, the debate in my local newspapers was over the formation of the Malcolm X Academy, one of three alternative public schools for black boys in Detroit. Supporters saw the schools as a potential solution to the social problems that disproportionately affect young black men such as dropout, unemployment and crime...
...House of Representatives voted Tuesday to increase the maximum federal Pell Grants by $400 in an effort to help students afford higher education. On this campus, though, the University endowment will be the main beneficiary of this decision, financial aid officers said yesterday...
Carlin said during his term that there remains much to be done in improving the quality of public higher education in Massachusetts' educational system...
...condition of public higher education in Massachusetts is better today than it was five years ago, but we don't intend to rest on our laurels," wrote Carlin and Koplik in a letter to the Members of the Massachusetts Court last March...
...There is still much to be done to make our system one of the premier public higher education systems in the nation," they wrote...