Three sites have been shortlisted for the new academy - the existing Westgate college site, land south of Armstrong Road in Benwell, and the third site was land next to the John Marley Centre.

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Hamilton and Armstrong have also written an upcoming book, called Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality, where they expand on their dorm experience and describe how cuts in state funding of higher education have resulted in state schools relying on more tuition dollars.

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