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UA offers tuition deal to 2-year students
Tuscaloosa News – July 3
…Called Alabama’s Promise, the program covers tuition for students who have completed roughly two years of community college, have a B-grade average and qualify for federal Pell Grants awarded to students from low-income families…“We feel this is a comfortable margin in the first year," said President Robert Witt. “Preliminary conversations show this will be an incentive for many students, so I could see it reaching $1.5 million eventually"…

Colleges and universities grapple with their ties to slavery
The Nation – July 3
…University of Alabama law professor Alfred Brophy advises any school considering such a commission, "Realize this is controversial and will antagonize…”
University of Alabama law professor Alfred Brophy…who has written widely on universities and reparations, led a successful drive in 2004 to have Alabama's faculty senate apologize for its involvement in slavery…

Arts are a true community affair in county
Mobile Press-Register – July 3
…In June, theater students from the University of Alabama used the house for rehearsals and to work with area young people in acting classes…

New group to focus on school issues
Tuscaloosa News – July 3
…will hold regular informational forums on topics relevant to the school system, with presentations by school administrators, University of Alabama faculty and city school board members…