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Running education more like a business
Kai Ryssdal Dec 12, 2011
Philanthropist Eli Broad discusses the problems with education and his ideas on how to fix it.
Foreign students in U.S. at record high
Amy Scott Nov 29, 2011
700,000 students enrolled at U.S. university and college campuses last year from abroad, contributing $21 billion to the U.S. economy, according to a new report.
The lure of Chinese students
Amy Scott Nov 29, 2011
They are plentiful, they pay full tuition and American colleges and universities are eager to enroll them -- despite questions about their credentials.
The Chinese Student Syndrome
Jun 12, 2012
In this special report, Marketplace explores how U.S. colleges are grappling with the questionable credentials coming from China -- even as they profit from the system.
Chinese students, too qualified to be true?
Rob Schmitz Nov 11, 2011
China has hundreds of agencies that specialize in getting Chinese students into American colleges and universities. But their application materials may be as much fiction as fact. A two-part series.
Piggy Bank Award: Teaching the true cost of college
Tess Vigeland Nov 11, 2011
We are rewarding a math teacher today for helping her students understand the costs of college attendance.
No Internet, no grade
John Moe Nov 7, 2011
Idaho just became the first state to require that all high school students must earn at least two credits from online courses. The new rule, which...
Math scores on the rise in the U.S.
Eve Troeh Nov 3, 2011
A new report out today shows American students are steadily improving when tested in math, but reading scores continue to disappoint.
Homeless in New York: A Chinese Student's Story of Life After the Agency
Rob Schmitz Nov 10, 2011
While reporting my story on Chinese college placement agencies, I interviewed a young man named Jason who is attending a university in New York. ...
Colleges bid for NYC space
Sally Herships Oct 31, 2011
Today is the final day for proposals to build a campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City. Some big-name schools are in contention.
