Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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How to Teach Your Kids About Money When Back-to-School Shopping
In addition to picking up notebooks and calculators this year, you can give your kids something even more valuable: a lesson in personal finance. The back-to-school shopping period provides an ideal...
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Here’s How Much the Class of 2016 Owes on Their Student Loans
Students who graduated from college in 2016 with educational loans borrowed slightly less to pay for school than those who finished in 2015, new data shows.
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The Most Expensive College Town in America
Living off-campus has long been seen as a way to save money on college expenses, but it’s getting a lot harder to find a deal. Here’s the most expensive college town for off-campus rents.
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Do Public Universities Really Favor the Upper Middle Class?
A college education has always been described as an investment in the future – for students, and more broadly, for American society. Parents and students alike have already begun questioning the...
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The Hardest College to Get Into in the US
By Janna HerronThe most difficult college to get into in the country, the California Institute of Technology, accepts less than one student for every 11 applicants. Caltech doesn’t actually have the lowest...
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The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year
By Janna HerronThe proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
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The Best Colleges for Older Students
By 2020, nearly one in five students in higher educations will be over the age of 35.
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What College Students Worry About Most
The biggest driver of stress around college admissions is no longer about whether students will get into their top school.
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College Endowments Take a Big Hit
College endowments had a tough year in 2016, losing money even as the overall stock market racked up double-digit gains.
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The Big Payoff for Cinderella Schools in the March Madness Tournament
Lesser known schools can see a big jump in applications and merchandise sales after an appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament.
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The College Tax Breaks Many Families Are Missing
By Liz Weston, ReutersYou may need a degree just to understand the tax breaks available for a college education. That is unfortunate, because there is evidence that many families are missing out on the available credits...
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It’s Time to Tame the College Admissions Monster
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesNo group of people in America is checking their inboxes more often than high school seniors, desperate to learn if they’ve been admitted to the college of their choice. Among America’s most elite...
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What to Know Before Your Teen Gets a Credit Card
By Beth Pinsker, ReutersWhen your children's concept of pocket change involves actual change, helping them keep track of their money is pretty easy. But when they start needing serious coin to gas up a sports utility...
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Pi Day Celebrates the Most Irrational Number of All
By Daniel Ullman, The ConversationMath students everywhere will be eating pies in class this week in celebration of what is known as Pi Day, the 14th day of the 3rd month. The symbol π (pronounced paɪ in English) is the sixteenth...
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10 Top Spring Break Destinations
By Marine ColeIf the winter blues is lingering and you’re in desperate need of Vitamin D, it’s time to book a spring break getaway.