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"Many, many years ago one of my English TA officemates noticed that a student wrote 'writhing' instead of 'writing.' We spent the rest of the afternoon inserting 'writhing' into textbook titles ('Writhing with a Purpose') and other phrases like 'technical writhing.' My favorite: 'writhing across the curriculum.'” --peg
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May 4, 2007
Research Group That Publishes Report Card on States Will Survive
A California-based nonprofit group that grades the states on how well they provide their residents with a higher education will continue to exist into its 11th year, officials at the organization, the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, said today.
Last summer, leaders of the center said that their board members and financial supporters would reassess the group’s future this year. At the time, Patrick M. Callan, the group’s president, said the center could close, merge with another group, or continue in some form.
The center, which opened in 1998, receives most of its financial support from a group of foundations, including the Atlantic Philanthropies, the Ford Foundation, and the Pew Charitable Trusts. The group has been issuing state-by-state report cards since 2000, most recently last September. —Sara Hebel
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