Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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The Most Expensive College Town in America
Living off-campus has long been seen as a way to save money on college expenses, but it’s getting a lot harder to find a deal. Here’s the most expensive college town for off-campus rents.
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Do Public Universities Really Favor the Upper Middle Class?
A college education has always been described as an investment in the future – for students, and more broadly, for American society. Parents and students alike have already begun questioning the...
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The Hardest College to Get Into in the US
By Janna HerronThe most difficult college to get into in the country, the California Institute of Technology, accepts less than one student for every 11 applicants. Caltech doesn’t actually have the lowest...
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The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year
By Janna HerronThe proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
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The Best Colleges for Older Students
By 2020, nearly one in five students in higher educations will be over the age of 35.
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What College Students Worry About Most
The biggest driver of stress around college admissions is no longer about whether students will get into their top school.
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College Endowments Take a Big Hit
College endowments had a tough year in 2016, losing money even as the overall stock market racked up double-digit gains.
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The Big Payoff for Cinderella Schools in the March Madness Tournament
Lesser known schools can see a big jump in applications and merchandise sales after an appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament.
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The Most Expensive College in America
College tuition goes nowhere but up. Here’s the most expensive college of them all.
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Ranking the Schools that Turn Poor Kids into Wealthy Ones
By Rob GarverSchools that admit a lot of students from low-income families and help a significant percentage of them find their way into to the top tier of earners aren’t leafy private schools, but mostly urban...
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Obama Turns the Screw on Rising College Costs
By Eric PianinWith median household income still 6 percent below pre-recession levels, and middle-class Americans struggling to make ends meet, President Obama on Thursday turned the screw a little more on the...
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More Proof High School Grads Aren't Ready for College
The nation's high school class of 2013 does not have the basic skills needed to succeed in college or the workplace, according to a new report from the company that administers the ACT test, taken by...
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Bank of America Working Interns To Death?
By Cnbc Staff, CNBCA 21-year-old intern who worked grueling hours at Bank of America's London office died just a week before his internship was to conclude.
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Linked In New Target Market: College-Bound Teens
Facebook may have lost its cool among teens, but that hasn't stopped its stodgier cousin, LinkedIn, from making a play for the high school set. The social networking site popular with professionals...
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The Hidden Reason for the Student Loan Crisis
By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal TimesMore than 7 million borrowers are currently in default on their student loans, according to the report. Out of the $1 trillion in loans issued by the federal government, about $214 billion are in...