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10 Things You Should Know About College Admisssions
The highlights of our week-long special report
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The highlights of our week-long special report
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One in two 18-year-olds today won't go to college, and one in two who enroll will drop out. I'm the CEO of a company trying to solve both those problems
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Schools and the government should instead focus on income only when awarding assistance
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The best-selling author of college guides in the country on how rankings fail students, why tuition won't stop climbing at Ivy League schools, and what parents don't understand about the admissions process
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Are colleges that jack up tuition simply playing a necessary game to provide a higher-quality learning environment to picky students and professors?
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Faculty and staff salaries comprise the highest proportion of the budget. Maintaining the physical plant is the second highest budget item...
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America needs to get better at teacher old(er) dogs new tricks. But first, colleges need to learn a few things, themselves
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The case for (and against) college in 10 charts
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How a mandatory "fact box" -- like a nutritional label for higher education -- could help applying students understand what college is right for them
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We need more students to get caught up in the college admissions "frenzy." Just as important, we need better technology to match those students with the right schools
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