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Colleges That Require Virus-Screening Tech Struggle to Say Whether It Works

Before the University of Idaho welcomed students back to campus last fall, it made a big bet on new virus-screening technology.The university spent $90,000 installing temperature-scanning stations, which look like […]




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Why Are There So Few Black Economists at the Fed?

But Mr. Gamble left college with a plan. He had discovered his interest in economics partway through university, when he found an old textbook in a public library and read […]




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Financial Aid: Grades, Merit and Talking to Kids About Paying for College

This Is Very UncomfortableIf you are raising your eyebrows now, administrators feel for you. They do not like the equity implications of merit aid either, even if affluent families who […]




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‘A Slap in the Face’: The Pandemic Disrupts Young Oil Careers

HOUSTON — Sabrina Burns, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, had thought she would be launching a lucrative career in the oil and gas industry when she […]




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FAFSA’s Expected Family Contribution Is Going Away. Good Riddance.

“The idea is that the university knows you well enough to expect something from you,” said Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of sociology and medicine at Temple University and author of Paying […]