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...David Pierce, president of the American Association of Community Colleges. But many educators are worried that the plan's achievement requirements, which call for students to have a B grade average in their first academic year, could lead to grade inflation as financially strapped colleges try to keep the maximum number enrolled. The most persistent criticism is that since it takes the form of a tax credit, the initiative doesn't really help the poorest Americans toward higher education. "It's a middle-class tax break. That's something different than speaking about loans or scholarships," says David Markowitz...
...performances and programs are designed to make maximum use of the space, said Eric C. Engel, director of the Memorial Lowell Complex...
This rate is the maximum increase for continuing tenants. New tenants will pay a different rate for Harvard housing, with increases as high as 9 percent...
SUSPENDED. DENNIS RODMAN, 35, Chicago Bulls forward; for at least 11 games; after kicking a cameraman during a game. It could cost him $1 million in lost salary and incentives. He must also pay the maximum $25,000 fine...
LIMA: Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori is no longer the invisible man in the country's three-week old hostage crisis. After keeping a low profile for the past few weeks, Fujimori Tuesday toured a poor Lima neighborhood and visited a maximum security prison where a number of Tupac Amaru rebels are held. The appearances are designed to show that in spite of the crisis, the business of state goes on. Fujimori is preparing for an important visit next week from Ecuador's president, Abdala Bucaram. The two countries have long been involved in a bitter border war and the visit...