Education Editor, Huffington Post
Education editor for the Huffington Post
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Leah Finnegan
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FROM Leah Finnegan
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Students Join National Protest against Education Budget Cuts Students and professors are challenging administrators and legislators today in more than 100 protests in 32 states. The protest movement was born in California, where the University has seen a billion dollars in budget cuts in the past two years, at the same time tuition and fees have been on the increase. Leah Finnegan is education editor for the Huffington Post .
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