Name clash clouds Iowa Higher Education Commission title
The Iowa Higher Education Facilities Commission, created in 1964 to fund college facilities, faces criticism from the Board of Regents who say the name misleads by implying higher status. HEFC's Willis Wolff supports a simpler label such as Higher Education Commission, aligning with its broader student aid role as bills to rename move through committees.
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Des Moines
Higher Education Facilities Commission
HEFC
Iowa
Board of Regents
R. Wayne Richey
Regents
Commission
Night debate on Iowa higher education agency name changes
Budget action weighs renaming the state's higher education funding body as PEAC or HEC with Senate and House bills proposing 11 member boards and a new 280 000 dollar state guaranteed student loan program. Proposals seek to shift administration of student aid and facilities funds under a broader commission.
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Postsecondary Education Assistance Commission
PEAC
Senate
Earl Willits
Des Moines
Education
Higher Education Commission
Willits
HEC
Lester Menke
R-Calumet
Iowa
HEFC
Regents
Ray Bailey
Milford
Principal approves censorship of Moonchildren script
A Superior Court judge in New Jersey ruled that Prince ton High School Principal George Petrillo could censor vulgar references in a drama class play. The ruling held the principal did not violate students' free speech rights by deleting explicit words from the Moonchildren production.
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Trenton
N.J
Princeton
Superior Court
George Schoch
George Petrillo
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