Two Mobile-area institutions, Spring Hill College and the University of Mobile, landed on the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges lists in 2014, with leaders crediting mission and tradition.
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Why USA’s $459 Million in Combined Assets Hasn’t Stopped Rising Tuition
Despite $459 million in combined university and foundation assets, USA has raised tuition four years running. Here’s why the money can’t help.
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USA Scholarship Matching Campaign Tops 200 Awards as Tuition Pressure Grows
A matching-gift campaign built on a $50 million donation has already produced 76 new and 137 enhanced scholarships at the University of South Alabama.
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West Mobile Principal Enters School Board Race, Pledging to Give His Salary Away
Hutchens Elementary principal William Foster confirmed a run for the Mobile County school board’s District 5 seat, saying he would turn his board salary into scholarships and field trip money for students.
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St. Luke’s Headmaster Palmer Kennedy Outlined a High School and a $10 Million Campaign
St. Luke’s Episcopal School had bought the old Julius T. Wright campus on University Boulevard and was raising $10 million to add an upper school. Headmaster Palmer Kennedy laid out the plan for Mobile’s Sunrise Rotary Club.