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Oct 09

Record number of colleges stop requiring the SAT and ACT amid questions of fairness

By Alina Tugend, The Hechinger Report

Standardized admission tests “have lost their luster as a common yardstick.”…

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Sep 16

Why finding out how much a college costs is harder than it looks

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report

The Trump administration is pushing to make college costs and outcomes more transparent, as an alternative to regulating institutions. But some of the data is inaccessible and inaccurate, and much is provided by colleges and universities with little independent oversight.

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Aug 09

The odds are stacked against black, Latino students going to grad school. Here are some solutions

By Melba Newsome, The Hechinger Report

A handful of universities are trying to help more black and Hispanic students get into and through graduate school, where they enroll in disproportionately low numbers. This is a problem not only for the students, but for the schools themselves…

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Jun 21

Can California export enough students to shore up college enrollment in other states?

By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report

A decline of nearly 2.9 million college students nationwide since 2011 is driving a frenzy of recruiting in California, one of the few places in the country where the number of college-ready high school graduates is going up.

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Jun 13

Trump administration reviewing foreign funding at U.S. colleges

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The U.S. Education Department has opened investigations into foreign funding at Georgetown University and Texas A&M University as part of a broader push to monitor international money flowing to American colleges.

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Apr 12

Georgetown students vote to add fee to pay reparations

By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed

The measure calls for the university to start with a fee of $27.20 per semester in the fall of 2020, "in honor of the 272 people sold by Georgetown," referring to the slaves sold by Jesuits to finance the university…

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Apr 12

Could more federal loans help students afford college?

By Mikhail Zinshteyn, The Hechinger Report

A growing chorus of experts is making the surprising argument that students need to be allowed to borrow more. With grants limited and college costs rising, loans can be a lifeline for students who have no other way to afford…

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Mar 26

Education Department probes colleges affected by bribery scandal

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

Letters sent to the schools Monday and obtained by The Associated Press say the department is conducting a "preliminary investigation" to determine whether they violated federal laws or rules surrounding the management of federal student aid.

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Mar 21

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How Trump’s executive order on campus free speech could affect colleges

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday requiring that U.S. colleges seeking federal research funding must certify that their policies support free speech in order to receive it. Amna Nawaz talks to Jerry Falwell Jr., and Georgetown University’s Sanford Ungar…

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Mar 15

How some wealthy parents game the college admissions process

By Patty Morales

While the actions uncovered in the indictments were blatantly illegal, it’s far from the first time affluent Americans have used their status to secure seats at some of America’s most elite colleges.

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