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'I wonder what role Harry Potter may have played in this.'

--John Bruss of Sewanee University (Tenn.), on the rise in Greek and Latin language Latin language, member of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Latin was first encountered in ancient times as the language of Latium, the region of central Italy in which Rome is located (see Italic languages).  studies.

'They don't need to feel defensive.'

--U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, in reference to higher ed's reaction to the proposed accountability database, charges of high tuition For tuition fees in the United Kingdom, see .

Tuition means instruction, teaching or a fee charged for educational instruction especially at a formal institution of learning or by a private tutor usually in the form of one-to-one tuition.
 prices, inaccessibility in·ac·ces·si·ble  
adj.
Not accessible; remote or unapproachable.



inac·ces
, and other points made in the report issued by the U.S. Commission on the Future of Higher Education The formation of a Commission on the Future of Higher Education, also known as the Spellings Commission, was announced on September 19, 2005 by U.S. Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings. .

'It appears to be an open secret.'

--Don Joe an attorney and activist who runs Asian-American Politics, on internet site, on the claim that qualified Asian students are being rejected by Princeton and other elite universities.
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Title Annotation:BEHIND the NEWS
Publication:University Business
Date:Dec 1, 2006
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