Monday, January 28, 2013

Bad news

Senator Harkin Will Not Seek Re-Election (Inside Higher Ed)
     Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat who plays a key role in Congress on higher education issues, has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2014. Harkin is chair of the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and of the appropriations subcommittee for education and health. In those roles, he has … been a frequent critic of for-profit higher education, and has backed tougher regulation of for-profit colleges….

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...