Group Calls for More Higher Education Funding

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Published December 16, 2002 at 3:30 PM EST

By Elizabeth Christensen

Albany, NY – A higher education advocacy group is releasing some information about the economic impact of private colleges on the towns where they're located.

It hopes the figures will encourage lawmakers to spend more on independent schools.

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