Editorial: Higher education deserves support
Tuscaloosa News – April 1
…U.S. News and World Report named the UA school No. 32 among all law schools nationwide. It rated No. 11 among the public law schools…Also rated highly was the University of Alabama’s School of Social Work, which was named 42nd nationwide and 28th among public schools. The magazine rated the UA College of Arts and Sciences’ graduate program in clinical psychology 62nd and the College of Education 87th. UA’s School of Library and Information Studies, part of the College of Communication and Information Services, ranked 30th; while it was included in this year’s ratings, the library school was evaluated in 2006…These are impressive achievements – even more so for the fact that they were made at Alabama colleges and universities. They should not be jeopardized by the Legislature, which is considering Gov. Bob Riley’s plan to cut funding for higher education by 13 percent.
11 Alabama students awarded Goldwater Scholarships
Birmingham News – April 1
…The students include…Kalen Berry, a University of Alabama biology major; Eric Robert Joseph Edwards, a UA physics/mathematics major; Susan Michelle DeLeon, a UA biology major…
Former congressmen give UA students a behind-the-scenes look at U.S. government
Tuscaloosa News – April 1
…Former reps. Barry Goldwater Jr., a Republican who represented California in the House from 1969 to 1983, and David R. Minge, a Democrat who represented Minnesota from 1993 to 2001, offered opinions and fielded questions from about 60 students and faculty as part of the Stennis Center for Public Service’s Congress to Campus program. The program was hosted by the university’s Honors College…