Budget cut struggles
Harvard University intends to reorganize its library system by cutting back on the 900 library positions currently in existence.
January 30, 2012 Students at UC Berkeley started the semester with an occupation of a campus library that won an increase in library hours.
January 25, 2012 If University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman was serious about states investing in higher education, Occupy UM wouldn't have to mic-check the regents.
January 10, 2012 : Dan Trocolli Hundreds of high school students from all over Seattle walked out of class to protest another round of proposed cuts in education funding.
December 16, 2011 The University of California Board of Regents had to cut short teleconference meetings after student protesters took over.
November 29, 2011 Nearly 100 teachers, parents and students rallied on the steps of City Hall in Providence, R.I., to protest the escalating assault on public education.
June 9, 2011 Seattle teachers have a message: It's time to stop cutting the education budget and start making Chase Bank pay its taxes.
June 8, 2011 : Rose Aguilar Because the situation is so dire in school districts across the country, students are standing up and raising their voices.
May 19, 2011 : Lee Sustar The numbing scale of the cuts in California shows the need for a bold campaign for taxing the rich to fix our schools.
May 12, 2011 : Tami Gold Higher education faces a long-term crisis--one of commitment to the idea that everyone has a right to an education.
May 11, 2011 : Elizabeth Terzakis Protesters descended on Sacramento to fight reductions in education spending--while continuing a debate over strategies to stop the cuts.
May 11, 2011 San Diego City College students protested school reformers and government officials gathered for a summit conference.
April 25, 2011 Faculty and students at 10 campuses throughout the California State University system took part in an April 13 day of action.
April 18, 2011 Hundreds of San Diego students participated March 31 in the National Day of Student Walkouts and Strikes in order to defend education.
April 11, 2011 Some 200 students, faculty and staff at Appalachian State University walked out of class to protest budget cuts to education.
April 6, 2011 Students, teachers, parents and community members mobilized against the closings of four schools in Providence, R.I.
March 31, 2011 Student activists in California's public higher education system learned some crucial lessons at their March 14 rally in Sacramento.
March 29, 2011 Students, teachers, staff and supporters organized actions across California on March 2 in defense of public education.
March 15, 2011 Nearly 300 students, faculty and community members rallied at the Georgia Capitol building to save public education.
March 9, 2011 Texans will converge on the state Capitol in Austin March 12 to send a message to lawmakers: Make Texas education a priority.
March 8, 2011 New attacks on public schools in New York City have sparked a growing movement against the neoliberal plan for public education.
March 2, 2011 : Akasha Perez An activist at San Francisco State University talks about the impact of the budget cuts and fee hikes on students and teachers.
February 15, 2011 Students and teachers at the City University of New York gathered for two protests to stop plans for a new round of tuition hikes in 2011.
December 1, 2010 Some 500 Louisiana students, teachers and supporters gathered in Baton Rouge for a demonstration against huge cuts to public education.
November 15, 2010 : Mario Cardenas After over a month of occupying a field house at Whittier Elementary School, a group of Chicago mothers believe they are close to winning their demands.
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