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Thursday, June 07, 2012  Updated with video; Visually impaired students look for higher education at Albany Technical College.

Monday, February 20, 2012  Obama pushes the question: What are students, taxpayers getting for their college dollars?

Friday, January 27, 2012  Obama to spell out plan to target universities that don't control rising tuition costs

Thursday, November 17, 2011  Updated with video; College students and professors say accreditation of colleges, low tuition rates and low cost of living attracts foreign students to the Peach State universities.

Friday, October 14, 2011  Dr. Anthony Parker gets a commission appointment.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011  A business location consulting group says Albany has a great quality of life, higher education, transportation and downtown area.

Monday, August 09, 2010  President Barack Obama's late-summer dash for campaign cash picks up Monday with two high-dollar fundraisers in Texas for the Democratic Party.

Friday, July 23, 2010  The Education Department is proposing regulations Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans or don't earn enough after graduation to repay them.

Monday, August 17, 2009  Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital helps pay for employee’s nursing classes as a means to recruit and retain nurses.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009  All employees making over $23,660 dollars will have to take six furloughs this school year.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009  Georgia lawmakers trying to hack $2.2 billion from the state's budget have grown frustrated with the state's higher education system.