David Halperin: For-Profit Computer Systems Institute Stays Alive

On April 15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education cut off federal student grants and loans to the Skokie, Illinois-based for-profit college chain Computer Systems Institute (CSI), citing detailed evidence of fraudulent conduct. Denying CSI’s appeal from its initial January 2016 ...

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Ethan Senack: It"s Time for a Debt-Free Guarantee

As a nation, we’ve long believed that education is a gateway to greater opportunity.


In keeping with that priority, we’ve taken significant steps toward a broad vision of affordability and access. Compared to 1970, almost 10 million more students were enrolled in college in...

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Kat Cohen: How to Stand Out When Applying to STEM Programs

The demand for STEM degrees is growing, and more and more students are applying to top universities with the goal of pursing a STEM education. As more students and parents consider the ROI of a college degree, STEM programs are growing in popularity, leading to larger applicant pools and an...

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The Pros And Cons Of Being Single, As Told In Comics

Being single means you can do whatever you want, whenever you want ― but sometimes, all you want is someone to split the cost of a pricey hotel room.
In the comics below, which originally appeared on College Humor, writer Shea Strauss and illustrator Victor Rosas II portray the amazing and th...

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Tamara Rice Lave: Misusing Data On Campus Rape

Students across the country have just started the fall semester, and undoubtedly some parents are worried. Perhaps they heard of the Department of Education’s 2011 Dear Colleague Letter, which called the statistics on sexual violence, “deeply troubling and a call to action for...

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Bob Hildreth: Conscious Parallelism

Conscious Parallelism is the legal term when companies post the same prices but show no evidence that they are directly colluding. That pretty much describes what colleges do resulting in very similar tuition and a narrow band for tuition increases.


So it was a big deal last August when...

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Marissa Shorenstein: Serving The Underserved Through Education in East Harlem

One of eight children growing up in Harlem, Anthony Leslie was the first in his family to get a college degree. Over the course of his time in a college readiness program offered by East Harlem’s Union Settlement, which he entered during his sophomore year of high school, Anthony got...

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UC Berkeley Wins #SleepRevolution Tour"s Biggest Prize: A MetroNaps EnergyPod

The #SleepRevolution College Tour wrapped on Friday, after a whirlwind month of bringing sleep and wellness to college campuses across the country. But for one school, the revolution is only just beginning.
UC Berkeley took home the tour’s top prize on Saturday, winning a free...

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SUPER TUESDAY: Where Are The Massachusetts Voters?

BOSTON — What happens when a reporter goes on the hunt for young voters in a state with 969,000 of them on Super Tuesday? He finds two — and a guy waiting for a bus — at the state’s largest university.


At Boston University, over the course of the lunch hour, only two students came i...

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These Startups Want To Create College Media Powerhouses

A goalie chugging a beer at a hockey game would not be the top story for a traditional college newspaper, but a website like The Tab knows Internet gold when they see it.
The Tab’s editor at the University of Virginia obtained a copy of a four-second video of the hockey team’s ...

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Eric Lueshen: Groundbreaking Program Encourages College And Professional Sports Leaders to be LGBT Inclusive

Co-authored by Nevin Caple, Co-Founder and Managing Director at LGBT SportSafe





NEW YORK, NY (June 22, 2016) — In the summer of 2015, after years of helping college coaches and administrators identify ways to translate intention into action to reach LGBT inclusion goals, Br{ache...

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Larry Goanos: A (Villanova) Fan"s Notes - 36 Years in the Making

A long time ago, I read a great book called “A Fan’s Notes,” by the late Frederick Exley. It’s a fictional, semi-autobiography that chronicles many aspects of Exley’s life, chief among them his outsized devotion to the New York Giants and their then-star...

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College Football Player And His Teammates Pull Off Winning Proposal

This heartwarming college football proposal was a true team effort.
On Saturday, Samford University linebacker Deion Pierre popped the question to girlfriend Jasmine Henderson after the team’s 55-21 victory against Virginia Military Institute at their home stadium outside of B...

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These Are 2017 Best Graduate Schools Ranked

Almost 1 million people are expected to earn graduate degrees this school year, and for many of them it will be worth the late nights of studying.
Full-time, year-round adult workers with a master’s degree earned, on average, $88,477 in 2012, just over $18,000 more than the average...

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What Redditors Wish They Knew Before Starting College

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Go to class, visit your professor’s office hours, and if nothing else ― leave your dorm door open!


Read the nutritional facts of what you’re scarfing down in the dining hall.


Joining a frat might not be the worst idea.


Don’t forget your keys!
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