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That Giant College ‘Sticker’ Price Isn’t What Most Students Pay
The share of those paying the full advertised cost has declined over the last couple of decades, a new report found. Yet many don’t understand how much they’ll really pay.
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Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100,000 a Year. How Did This Happen?
Some Vanderbilt students will have $100,000 in total expenses for the 2024-25 school year. The school doesn’t really want to talk about it.
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Elite College Admissions Have Turned Students Into Brands
“I just can’t think of anything,” my student said. After 10 years of teaching college essay writing, I was familiar with this reply. For some reason, when you’re asked to recount an important experience from your life, it is common to forget ...
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A 500-Year Old Chapel, 438 Solar Panels and an Architectural Squabble
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge is one of several British landmarks that have installed solar panels, gratifying climate campaigners and ruffling feathers among some traditionalists.
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What College Applicants Really Think About Republicans’ Campus Panic
The moral panic about “woke” campuses has metastasized into actual legislation, and not just in the swampy idylls of Florida. Last week the governor of Alabama signed a bill that purports to limit the teaching of “divisive” topics in its colleges and ...
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The ‘Colorblindness’ Trap: How a Civil Rights Ideal Got Hijacked
The fall of affirmative action is part of a 50-year campaign to roll back racial progress.
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What Would Paying Student Athletes Look Like?
A college team’s vote to unionize adds pressure on the N.C.A.A. to abandon rules that forbid paying student athletes like employees.
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How to Fix the Crisis of Trust in Higher Education
Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been keeping track of every report I see about major budget shortfalls at universities. The general trend seems to be that the schools facing these shortfalls have declining enrollments, and state and federal ...
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When Caitlin Clark Comes to Town
Measures of her star power include huge jumps in attendance at road games, and the logistical planning required.
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Report Helps Answer the Question: Is a College Degree Worth the Cost?
The analysis found that former students at most colleges had an annual income higher than high school graduates a decade after enrollment.
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