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Article: West Virginia State Denounces Community College Plan.(Brief Article)
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- Black Issues in Higher Education
- Article date:
- April 13, 2000
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia lawmakers passed a controversial higher education reform bill last month despite protests from administrators, faculty and students at a historically Black college who contended the measure could doom their school.
The new law stirred dissent because it would have created a statewide community college system in part by ripping away existing two-year programs at four-year universities. The bill also overhauls governance and state funding for higher education.
West Virginia State College students and staff denounced the plan in a demonstration at the Capitol last month.
Officials with West Virginia State ...