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Applying to college amid the Harvard admissions lawsuit

by Justin Ho
Jan 10, 2019
High school students weigh in on admissions policies and race as the college application season comes to a close.
A prospective student enters the Harvard University Admissions Building in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Graduating into the Economy

Just graduate college and want to eventually own a home? Follow these easy steps

by Lizzie O'Leary
Jun 8, 2018
OK, so it's not actually as simple as 1, 2, 3 ...
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Student loan debt is changing - what's your experience?

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Feb 23, 2018
Students with large loan balances aren't defaulting, but they're not reducing their debt either.
About 60 percent of those who went to college had to take out student loans to pay for it. 
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Students flock to historically black colleges where they feel welcome

by Amy Scott
Oct 24, 2017
Rising racial tension is one reason for the growth.
First-year student NaTavia Williams came to Morgan State from Colorado to study multimedia journalism.
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For-profit colleges get a post-election bounce

by Amy Scott
Nov 10, 2016
Analysts say Republican-led government could roll back regulations.
A sign marks the location of the University of Phoenix Chicago Campus in Schaumburg, Illinois. 
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Are Title IX efforts stifling academic freedom?

by Amy Scott
Mar 31, 2016
A professors group argues gender studies professors are particularly vulnerable to sexual harassment claims.
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Learning Curve

American students head to Germany for free college

by Marketplace Contributor
Apr 1, 2015
More American students are getting degrees in other countries with free college.
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Ahh... The scent of alma mater...

by Sally Herships
Jun 24, 2013
Notre Dame is the latest school to market its own fragrance.
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Is NYU's President acting too much like a corporate CEO?

by Amy Scott
Mar 12, 2013
This week, a faculty vote of confidence in NYU's President highlights the conflict over the increasingly corporate role of the university president.
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Emory students protest planned cuts

by Marketplace Contributor
Dec 5, 2012
Emory University students took over a hallway in an administration building yesterday to protest a reorganization announced at the Atlanta private college that will close several departments and degree programs.
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