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Campus Crises in the News
UCLA body parts probe widens: The "body parts for cash" controversy at UCLA continues to cascade out of control. See updates below of the grisly tale.
News from Colorado -- and it is good: SB 189 would grant enterprise status to all colleges and universities taking less than ten percent of their funding from state funds. CU and a select few other state colleges would currently be able to squeeze in under this limit.
News from Colorado -- and it is bad: Members of Congress now want hearings into the University of Colorado's alleged trading of sex for recruits signing to play football. Find an archived list of recent stories, and then several selected:
Norfolk student charged in murder: A Norfolk State University student has been charged in the murder of another student last year, a finding that has now called into question the school's hiring practices.
Out of the limelight, Baylor weighs in on gay marriage: Maybe they miss the spotlight, but Baylor officials eagerly jumped into the gay marriage controversy.
It is not a crisis yet, but just wait: Municipalities are beginning to challenge the tax status of some property purchased by colleges and universities.
Now for our roundup of funding problems as states' legislatures begin to wind down: Oregon universities in crisis: The economic roller-coaster ride in the Pacific Northwest is hitting a low point.
It is slightly better in Utah, but funding concerns not erased.
And Georgia still worries.
While it is worse in Kentucky.
California students stage walkouts.
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