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Agreement reached on plan to increase taxes
Gov. Martin O'Malley and legislative leaders announced Wednesday an agreement to raise taxes on 16 percent of the state's earners and reverse a series of so-called "Doomsday" cuts the General Assembly enacted last month when a budget deal collapsed....
Tags: Prince George's County, Montgomery County (Maryland), Michael E. Busch, Executive Branch, Democratic Party
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Maryland faith community opposes 'doomsday'
We write as members and leaders of Maryland's faith community. We are glad that a special session of the Maryland General Assembly to resolve the state's budget impasse now seems likely. We cannot stress strongly enough how vital it is to fashion a full...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Budgets and Budgeting
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Legislature's failure to act could make college unaffordable for thousands of middle- and low-income students
Much of the coverage of the need for a special budget session of the Maryland legislature has focused on the political machinations of its leaders. That's understandable. But we should not ignore the impact on ordinary people if the legislature fails to...Tags: Frostburg State University, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Budgets and Budgeting
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UMBC excellence imperiled by 'doomsday'
Wednesday's front page was a lesson in vision for Maryland. In one corner, Freeman A. Hrabowski III is named as one of the 100 most influential people in the U.S. by Time for what he has been able to do as president of the University of Maryland Baltimore...Tags: University of Maryland Baltimore County, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, Teachers
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Doomsday for Md. education — and economy
Earlier this month, both houses of the Maryland General Assembly passed the state's fiscal 2013 operating budget, but both houses failed to pass tax legislation and a companion bill required to fund and implement the budget. As a result, our state...
Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Schools, Colleges and Universities, Academic Progress, Budgets and Budgeting
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Is a 1 percent trim really doomsday?
The recent op-ed written by William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland, is similar to Chicken Little declaring that the sky is falling ("Doomsday for Md. higher education," April 24). Mr. Kirwan states that "under the doomsday...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Colleges and Universities
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Aldridge resigns as president of UMUC
Susan C. Aldridge will resign as president of University of Maryland, University College, the state's leading online educational institution, at the end of March.
Aldridge had been on unexplained administrative leave since the end of February, and...Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park
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UM Eastern Shore appoints new president
A career biochemist will take the reins of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on July 1, the university announced Wednesday. Juliette B. Bell, the current provost and vice president for academic affairs at Central State University in Ohio, was...Tags: University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Colleges and Universities, Museum of Science and Industry, Engineering, Central State University
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U.S. senator asks for UMUC records
The chairman of the U.S. Senate education committee asked the chancellor of Maryland's state university system Monday to hand over records on enrollment and workplace practices at the University of Maryland University College, where president Susan...Tags: Employees, Tom Harkin, The Washington Post, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Colleges and Universities
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Thomas E. Florestano, longtime Anne Arundel Community College president
Thomas E. Florestano, a long-serving president of Anne Arundel Community College, died March 31 of Parkinson's disease complications at Ginger Cove Health Center. He was 79 and had lived in Annapolis.
"Tom did a great deal to bring our community...Tags: Lacrosse, University of Baltimore, Hospitals and Clinics, College Sports, Teaching and Learning
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Don't leave the lecture behind
As a recent graduate of the Johns Hopkins University, I was dismayed by recent news reports detailing the efforts of several major universities, including Johns Hopkins and the University System of Maryland, to revise or even eradicate the lecture model...Tags: The Washington Post, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Johns Hopkins University, Students
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Annapolis budget meltdown could sully leaders' reputations
Instead of the confetti, balloons and good will that typically mark the end of the General Assembly's 90-day session, the legislature adjourned Monday with a toxic mixture of anger and disbelief that the Democratic-controlled body gridlocked and was...Tags: Michael E. Busch, Montgomery County (Maryland), Executive Branch, Democratic Party, Budgets and Budgeting
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