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www.mindingthecampus.org
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| | | | | Student loans operate very strangely in this country. A student borrows money from the federal government to pay for higher education expenses-thus, there are three parties involved (the student, the government, and the college or university). But only two of them face any risk from the loan. The student faces severe financial consequences if he [...] | |
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www.insidehighered.com
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| | | | | Robert A. Brown warns that the U.S. risks an innovation winter. In January I wrote a piece asking whether America's research universities would make it to their 100th birthday, marking their birth with the creation of the National Science Foundation in 1950-its 75th birthday was May10. | |
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www.pew.org
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| | | | | In times of financial strain, state lawmakers often cut higher education funding first, expecting that federal funds and tuition dollars will help, temporarily, to make up the gap. For most states, higher education is their third-largest expenditure. | |
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www.guttmacher.org
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