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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lawdog who wrote (53131)	10/27/2000 10:37:28 AM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Plan seeks to upgrade colleges in Texas By Crystal Yednak Star-Telegram Staff Writer AUSTIN -- Texas higher education officials adopted a road map Thursday that they hope will lead the state away from a future hampered by an undereducated work force that can't compete in high-tech jobs. But it will be up to legislators and colleges and universities to get the state there. Statistics suggest that Texas is slipping when it comes to educating its residents beyond high school. The percentage of Texans enrolled in colleges and universities has gone down over the last decade. And with booming growth expected among minority groups who have historically been underrepresented on college campuses, that figure could continue to decline if higher education doesn't do a better job of reaching out to the population, the official said. "If these trends continue, the future for Texas will not be the bright one we want it to be," said Don Brown, commissioner of higher education............BUSH OUGHT TO TEND TO HIS OWN STATE"S PROBLEMS SINCE HE"S BEEN GONE 18 MONTHS!

To: lawdog who wrote (53131)	10/27/2000 10:38:19 AM
From: U Up U Down	Respond to of 769667

Gore needs Clinton's help, Hispanic lecturer believes By Frank Zoretich Tribune reporter Vice President Al Gore should ask President Clinton for campaign help -- but not invite him to speak on the same stage. That's the advice offered by Christine Sierra, an associate professor of political science at the University of New Mexico, during a public lecture Wednesday on "The Latino Vote in Election 2000". In her talk at UNM, sponsored by the Raza Graduate Student Association, Sierra noted that in New Mexico, as in the nation, Gore, the Democratic Party nominee, and Republican candidate George W. Bush, are "running neck and neck" with the election less than two weeks away. "The dude does not turn me on," she said of Gore. "As much as he tries to seem earnest and genuine, to me he does not seem earnest and genuine." abqtrib.com