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How Purdue U.’s Income-Share Agreement Confused Students
A Purdue University financial-aid program that promised to reshape the way students paid for college has come under national scrutiny…
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Colleges Should Spend Covid-Relief Funds on Mental-Health Support, Education Department Says
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education urged colleges to use remaining grants from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund…
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If ‘Roe’ Falls, More Female Students Could Face the ‘Motherhood Penalty’
With the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, college students in large swaths of the country are likely…
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An Aspiring Doctor Dreamed of Spelman. But Could She Afford to Go?
(This is the first in a series on college applicants and the circumstances that shaped their choices this spring.) Taylor…
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‘Uncharted Territory’: What the Overturn of Roe v. Wade Could Mean for Colleges
The news had been anticipated, but it was still jarring. The U.S. Supreme Court will vote to overturn Roe v.…
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Why Talk of Student-Debt Cancellation Is Creating Headaches for Colleges
After years stuck in limbo, the idea of widespread federal-student-loan cancellation has suddenly picked up momentum over the past week.…
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3 Things We Learned From the Latest Federal Employment and Enrollment Report
America’s colleges and universities last October enrolled the smallest share of graduating high-school seniors in over a decade. According to…
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Native American Students Can Now Attend U. of California Tuition-Free
Native American students who are California residents will no longer have to pay tuition or fees at one of the…
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2 Universities Tried to Stop ‘Passing the Harasser.’ Here’s What They’ve Learned.
A few years ago, a campus lawyer at the University of California at Davis came to Binnie Singh with a…
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Some Colleges Are Ending Hybrid Learning. Students Are Pushing Back.
Johnny Ellsworth would like nothing more than to return to a classroom in a world without a pandemic, where the…
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