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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Rising Cost of Gasoline Pinches Students at Rural Community Colleges - LIBBY SANDER, Chronicle of Higher Education
The 230 miles of Texas highway linking the plains of Lamesa to the hill country of Junction is familiar terrain to local college students accustomed to traveling long distances to class. But with gasoline prices averaging $4 per gallon, students in the community-college district that stretches between those two west Texas towns, like their peers in other rural communities, are feeling the sting.... In the Howard County district, officials have tried to enhance online course offerings to help hold on to students.
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