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Some 100,000 students and university staff and faculty members march in Madrid on December 1 to protest a bill to overhaul university education. The plan includes increased funding for private colleges and the placement of businessmen on university councils. "Instead of creating a high-quality public university, they are giving support to the private universities," said José Luis Dominguez, a student and retired shopkeeper. March sponsors included the opposition Socialist Party, the two main labor federations, and the national Union of Students. Plans for further actions reaching out to high school students are under way.
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