Since the start of the recession at least 32 states have reduced money for universities or raised student fees.

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Labour AM Brian Gibbons raised concerns that the student numbers are going up for GCSE but dropping for A Level because of the "mismatch between teachers and subjects".

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My father was a foreign student, born and raised in a small village in Kenya.

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In particular, Mr. Faizi said, Mr. Karzai raised the issue of an engineering student who, he said, had been seized illegally at Kandahar University by an Afghan militia working for the Central Intelligence Agency.

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The Daily Telegraph report claims that extra funds would be raised by increasing the interest charges on student loans.

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During the questions, Conservative AM Mohammad Asghar also raised his concerns about the poor conditions of student accommodation across Wales.

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Born to Greek immigrant parents and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, Christos Cotsakos was a lousy student.

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Raised by his maternal grandparents, Dr Murray proved a hard-working student, eventually following his absent father, also a doctor, to the US - where he enrolled at Texas Southern University.

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Manzarek, who was of Polish descent, was born and raised in south Chicago before studying cinematography at the University of California in Los Angeles where he first met fellow film student Morrison.

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