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By BILL BUCKMAN
Capital News Service
RICHMOND — With the 1996 session of the Virginia General Assembly about a week away, one legislative commission has started rolling up its sleeves to streamline the future of higher education.
The Commission on the Future of Higher Education in . Virginia released a report in November containing its recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the restructuring of Virginia’s colleges and universities.
“It’s a very tough issue that has been going on for years,” said commission Chairman Sen. John H. Chichester, R-Stafford County. “When it comes to higher education we need to make sure that the academic community and the policy makers share the same goals.”
Sidney O. Dewberry, a member of the commission, brought the higher education funding issue of the fare front in an analysis he presented to the commission.
“Our colleges and universities face enormous challenges,” Mr. Dewberry said. “They must teach more students and must find ways to contain the per-student cost of instruction. This is what restructuring is all about.”
Mr. Dewberry said support for higher education is an investment for the future that will ultimately contribute to economic growth. Many Virginians, he noted, are finding it more difficult to pay the costs of college education.
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