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. . .About one of the worst years
on record in state
spending for higher education. For the 2003-04 year, state appropriations
for higher education fell 2.1 percent to $60.3 billion, possibly the single
biggest decline ever, according to a 50-state survey conducted by Illinois
State University.
Higher education also saw the first
spending cut since 1992-93, as 23 states reduced higher education spending.
Funds for community colleges fell at the same rate as four-year institutions,
dropping to $10.95 billion.
. . .About the tiny proportion
of women teaching in the sciences, math,
and engineering at the nation’s leading research universities.
"A National Analysis of Diversity
in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities,”
examines 14 disciplines at 50 elite research universities and finds that
in most fields the proportion of doctoral degrees earned by women is much
greater than the proportion of beginning faculty members in the discipline.
The proportion of female full professors
was even smaller—3 to 15 percent in the 14 disciplines. Minority
group women fared even worse. The top 50 research universities had only
19 African-American women teaching in science, engineering, and math.
. . .About the death of Clark
Kerr, president of the University of California
during the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s and later, as director of
the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, a driving force behind the
idea that every student is entitled to a college education regardless
of his or her ability to pay. Kerr was 92.
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