Ala. Statehouse rally held for higher ed funding

by E Wayne Ross on March 5, 2010

AP: Ala. Statehouse rally held for higher ed funding

MONTGOMERY, ALA.

A throng of college students and administrators waved signs and shouted slogans as bands played fight songs Thursday during a rally to push for more state funds for higher education in Alabama.

Students also joined higher education officials in urging legislators to reach a fair solution to the crisis facing the state’s prepaid college tuition program, known as PACT, without putting caps on tuition for PACT participants.