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The Baltimore Sun February 9, 2012
Jonathan Jayes-Green graduated near the top of his high school class but couldn't afford to attend the four-year colleges that accepted him. Now he's an honor student at two-year Montgomery College, and he'd like to head off cuts to the school's budget.
The second-year student from Silver Spring was one of hundreds from Maryland's community and independent colleges rallied in Annapolis and lobbied legislators Thursday to avert cuts in Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed higher education spending.
Students from Maryland's 16 community colleges, 14 private institutions of higher learning and one public university fanned out across the capital to buttonhole legislators and tell their stories. The lobbying effort was organized by the Maryland Independent College and University Association, the Maryland Association of Community Colleges and Morgan State University.
... Six students came from the Notre Dame University of Maryland in Baltimore.
Musee Olani, a second-year student from Baltimore County, said he hopes to see capital funding for a new building housing the university's education and nursing schools preserved.
Click here to watch a video of the rally. |