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Reports: Florida college, university president salaries remain high
Miami HeraldFlorida public colleges and universities have spent the past few years absorbing huge cuts in state funding. To balance the books, schools repeatedly raised tuition, and in some cases reduced class offerings or even postponed maintenance projects. But...Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Rick Scott, University of Florida, Billy Donovan, The Miami Herald
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Colleges tout need to mesh academia with hiring realities
Miami HeraldWhen Barry University negotiates a vendor contract, it may have a few requests beyond the lowest prices and speedy delivery: finding jobs for its students. "We are changing our RFP process,'' Sara Herald, the university's vice president of external...Tags: Students, Human Interest, Barry University, Rick Scott, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud
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Consumer agency argues for flexibility on private student loans
Miami HeraldThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is advocating for more flexibility on private student loans, which have become a struggle for college graduates. The CFPB hosted a public meeting at Miami Dade College on Wednesday. Director Richard Cordray...Tags: Finance, Students, Teaching and Learning, Richard Cordray, Economy, Business and Finance
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Crime writer Connelly to talk at Museum of Art
Michael Connelly's novels about LAPD detective Harry Bosch have made him one of the top contemporary mystery writers, and a staple of the best-sellers list. More than 20 years after Connelly's 1992 award-wining debut "The Black Echo," he is still...
Tags: Broward County, Authors, Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Crime, Law and Justice, Hofstra University
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Archdiocese seeks citizenship for eligible legal residents in South Florida
The Archdiocese of Miami launched a campaign Monday aimed at making Americans out of some of the estimated 400,000 legal residents of South Florida, mostly immigrants who have lived here for years but have never applied for citizenship. "I truly...Tags: Broward County, Politics, Career and Workplace, Religion and Belief, Joe Garcia
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An undocumented immigrant's plea to pursue the American Dream
Miami HeraldOn May 13, 2010, Gaby Pacheco returned home to South Florida after completing a four-month, 1,500-mile walk from Miami to Washington, D.C. to press Congress to pass a bill that would legalize millions of undocumented immigrants, including herself. She...Tags: DREAM Act, Politics, Justice System, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Crime, Law and Justice
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The Miami Herald View from El Nuevo Herald column
Miami HeraldThe topics discussed at its annual book club gatherings varied from how Cuba won its independence from Spain to its early days as a republic to how the island once called "the Pearl of the Caribbean" was crushed by a Communist revolution. The gatherings...Tags: Human Interest, Authors, Culture, Services and Shopping, Fidel Castro
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Ben Affleck 1 of 6 getting honorary doctorates at Brown University graduation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Academy Award-winning actor and director Ben Affleck is among six artists, writers, scientists and educators selected to receive honorary degrees from Brown University during graduation ceremonies next month. The Ivy...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Graduation, Junot Diaz, Stanford University, Tougaloo College
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Miami acoge foro nacional de inmigración para ayudar en solicitud ciudadanía
EFEMiami acogerá mañana el denominado “Proyecto Bethlehem”, el primer foro de inmigración en el que participan organizaciones comunitarias locales y empresas privadas para ayudar a empleados inmigrantes en el proceso de solicitud de ciudadanía....Tags: South Beach (Miami Beach, Florida), Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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Things to do this weekend. More events added!
Saturday, April 20 MIAMI-DADE COUNTY Bass Buddies: Painting Like the Masters. Designed for children 4-6, art class allows participants to explore their creative side with painting, drawing or sculpting and may include a science experiment, museum...
Tags: Lakes and Ponds, The Amazing Race (tv program), Marshmallows, Personal Service, Culture
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Big Read, big issues: Tim O'Brien to discuss 'The Things They Carried' in Miami
When Tim O’Brien’s collection of Vietnam War stories, “The Things They Carried,” was published in 1990, a New York Times reviewer placed it “high up on the list of best fiction about any war.” Which must have pleased O&...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), NPR, Wars and Interventions, Coral Gables, Arts and Culture
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Yoani Sánchez: anécdotas de una bloguera cubana
El SentinelYoani Sánchez comenzó su súbita conquista de la ciudad de Miami el lunes pasado cuando se presentó ante cientos de espectadores en la histórica Torre de la Libertad, edificio que alguna vez sirvió de puente para miles de exiliados que llegaban de su...Tags: Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Central Intelligence Agency, Fidel Castro, Cuba
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