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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Kids Need a History Lesson--Start with the 4th of July
By Liz PeekWhen families gather this week to watch fireworks light up the skies, will their children have any idea what we are celebrating? Do they understand the significance of the Declaration of Independence...
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Student Subsists in Sailboat to Graduate Debt-Free
By Business Insider Staff, Business InsiderThis British grad student didn't want to take on debt to get his degree. So he spent 14 months living on a 23-foot sailboat.
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How a Big City Education Can Cost Over $1 Million
By Alex Leo, The Fiscal TimesHow much does it really cost to educate a child in big city private schools? Just hope you don't have twins!
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Senate Gets an “Incomplete” on Student Loans
By Josh Boak, The Fiscal TimesThe Senate will depart for a July 4th holiday with college students kept in limbo about the status of their federally subsidized loans. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) and 37 other Democrats want to extend the...
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Student Loan Fiasco: It’s Not All About the Rates
Rates on subsidized Stafford loans are set to increase in four days, but that increase has a smaller impact on the student loan crisis than rising tuition and increased borrowing.