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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How to Teach Your Kids About Money When Back-to-School Shopping
In addition to picking up notebooks and calculators this year, you can give your kids something even more valuable: a lesson in personal finance. The back-to-school shopping period provides an ideal...
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Here’s How Much the Class of 2016 Owes on Their Student Loans
Students who graduated from college in 2016 with educational loans borrowed slightly less to pay for school than those who finished in 2015, new data shows.
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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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Controversial College Rankings a Huge Influence
Two-thirds of high school students take college rankings into account in making college applications decisions, up from less than half of students in 2002, according to a new report by the Art &...
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When 'Need Blind' Universities Really Aren't
By Marian Wang, ProPublicaGeorge Washington University, which got in trouble last year for misreporting admissions data to bolster its college ranking, is making yet another confession. The university has been misrepresenting...
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One Man's Uncommon Fix for Outrageous Student Debt
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesAs millions of American high school seniors apply to college, how many will be able to pay for four years when the cost of attending a private university runs as much as $40,000 to $60,000 a year? It...
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U.S. May Be Emailing You about Your Student Loans
Many Americans struggling under student debt could get relief under the government’s debt repayment programs, but they either don’t know about them, or aren’t aware that they qualify. The Department...
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Why MOOCs Aren't So Cheap ... for Colleges
By Rachelle DeJong, Minding the CampusThe "Massive" in MOOC refers to class size, but one might think it stands for cost savings as well. MOOCs are free for students who register and cheap for those who seek credit. Few colleges and...