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Rally in support of Palestinians amid the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in New York

Nation Nov 17

Ivy league institutions and other colleges face U.S. inquiries over alleged antisemitism and Islamophobia

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

Arts Sep 19

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Groundbreaking educator recounts remarkable life in a new memoir

Ruth Simmons grew up in a deeply segregated part of Texas to become one of the country’s most distinguished educators, as president of three colleges and the first African American women to head an Ivy League university. But her new…

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet

Education Jul 24

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Study outlines how college admissions practices benefit richest applicants

A study shows how college admissions practices benefit the richest applicants. Opportunity Insights, a group of Harvard economists, analyzed data from 12 of the country’s top colleges from 1999 to 2015. They found that among students with the same test…

By Geoff Bennett, Murrey Jacobson, Dorothy Hastings, Karina Cuevas

Education Mar 14

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Explosive cheating scandal illuminates hidden inequities of college admissions

An explosive scandal around bribery and cheating in college admissions has prompted new questions about access, race and inequality in elite higher education. Judy Woodruff explores some of them with Daniel Golden, senior editor at ProPublica and author of a…

Education Dec 16

Princeton suspends men’s swim and dive team over offensive emails

The announcement follows two similar Ivy League sports suspensions in a little over a month.

By Kassia Halcli

Aug 05

Pricey summer programs at elite universities may not give students admissions edge

By Kirk Carapezza, WGBH

Many high school students are now enrolling in expensive pre-college summer courses they hope will catch the eye of admissions officers they’d like to impress. But some in the admissions departments say these courses don't give any extra weight.

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Apr 09

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First-generation students face unique struggles at elite colleges

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Mar 02

Documents reveal inner workings of Clinton’s White House

By Hari Sreenivasan

The online world has been buzzing about thousands of pages of documents from the Clinton administration that were released by the Clinton Presidential Library on Friday. Much of the conversation has focused on insight the documents provide about then-first lady…

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Sep 09

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Opening the Door for Low-Income Students to Overcome ‘Aristocracy’ of Higher Ed

Opening the Door for Low-Income Students to Overcome 'Aristocracy' of Higher Ed…

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Jul 26

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From Ball and Chain to Cap and Gown: Getting a B.A. Behind Bars

What college is tougher to get into than Harvard, Princeton or Yale? Bard College. Not the campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., but the one behind bars in five Empire State prisons. The privately funded Bard Prison Initiative is putting convicts through…

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