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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The Government Wants to Help You Pay Your Student Loans
By Janna HerronThe government is hoping that a new form will help the more than 43 million consumers who owe federal student loans find the most affordable repayment plan. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
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How You Can Escape Student Loan Repayment
By Millie DentIf your dream job is to be a teacher, a public defender or to milk cows in North Dakota, you’re in luck. A number of programs will forgive your student loan debt—if you’re eligible. These state and...
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The Real Reason It’s So Easy to Get A’s in College
Tuition is not the only thing on the rise at colleges these days. The average GPA is also higher than it’s ever been before, according to an updated analysis by Stuart Rojstaczer, a journalist and...
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There’s Good News for Women When It Comes to Higher Education
By Janna HerronMore Americans are getting college degrees but recent gains haven’t been uniform across all parts of the population, according to a new Census study . The difference between men and women has been...
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Americans Are Saving More Than Ever for College – and the Numbers May Surprise You
Assets in 529 college savings plans increased by more than $5 billion in 2015 to hit a record $253.2 billion. The total number of accounts grew 3.6 percent to 12.5 million. More than half of accounts...