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Emma Whitford

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This Community College Has Ivy League Professors And Is Backed By Sam Altman

This Community College Has Ivy League Professors And Is Backed By Sam Altman
12.02.2025 30

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Why Most Top Research Universities Can Weather Trump’s Funding Freeze

Why Most Top Research Universities Can Weather Trump’s Funding Freeze
04.02.2025 5

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These 30 Colleges, Including Howard University, Could Face An Existential Crisis Under Trump’s Funding Freeze

These 30 Colleges, Including Howard University, Could Face An Existential Crisis Under Trump’s Funding Freeze
04.02.2025 10

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The New Ivies: Why Smart Kids And Their Cost Conscious Parents Flock To SUNY Binghamton

17.01.2025 8

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The New Ivies: How Georgia Tech Is Putting Job Placements Over Exclusivity

S ince setting up shop in Atlanta in 2009, leaders from the ATM and self-checkout technology provider NCR Voyix have become frequent faces on the...

21.12.2024 10

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Meet The New York City Agency Where Math And English Tutors Earn Up To $1 Million Per Year

Thomas Howell cofounded Forum Education in 2014 after spending several years as a tutor for New York City private school kids. A few years into his...

14.12.2024 5

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Education Businesses Boom May Be Coming Thanks To Trump

On the campaign trail, President-Elect Donald Trump advocated for universal school choice policies that could benefit private education service...

20.11.2024 3

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Partisan School Boards, Graduation Tests And Billions In Bonds For Schools—Education Is On The Ballot In 14 States

Arkansas voters will decide on Tuesday whether to expand their lottery-funded scholarship program to include vocational and technical colleges. On...

03.11.2024 4

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This Startup Is Moving The Egg Donation Market Beyond College Students

By Emma Whitford , Forbes Staff “The best time to freeze your eggs is when you are young and can least afford to pay for it,” says Lauren Makler,...

26.10.2024 3

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Yale Reports 5.7% Investment Return, Lagging Most Of Ivy League

Yale received $231 million in gifts to its endowment in fiscal 2024. Yale University reported a 5.7% return on its endowment in fiscal year 2024,...

26.10.2024 10

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Princeton Endowment Reports Lowest 2024 Investment Return Of The Ivies

Endowment earnings made up two-thirds of Princeton's net operating revenue in fiscal 2024. Princeton University’s endowment notched a subpar 3.9%...

24.10.2024 3

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Amid Gaza Protests, Harvard Took A Fundraising Hit, But Its Endowment Still Grew

Gifts to Harvard's endowment fell 35% in fiscal year 2024. America’s wealthiest colleges saw their endowments grow in fiscal 2024, with strong...

19.10.2024 9

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Many Community Colleges Are Making A Comeback

Much of the community college enrollment increase can be attributed to an uptick in dual-enrollment—high school students attending community...

03.10.2024 3

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38 Great Colleges With Less Admissions Stress

As the new school year begins, high school seniors–and ambitious juniors too–are beginning what more than half agree is the most stressful...

27.08.2024 10

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How We Rank America’s Best Colleges

To create our new ranking of America’s Top Colleges, we began with a list of thousands of U.S. colleges that educate undergraduates according to...

27.08.2024 5

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Forbes’ Top 25 Public Colleges

While prestigious private colleges—particularly the eight Ivies—get the lion’s share of media attention, it’s public colleges that educate a...

27.08.2024 3

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25 Private Colleges That Offer Generous Financial Aid

H igher education has a sticker shock problem, and it’s worse at four-year, private nonprofit colleges, where tuition and fees alone last year...

27.08.2024 2

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The New Ivies For 2024

F or much of American history, Ivy League colleges have provided employers, investors and even voters a meritocratic seal of approval. Indeed, these...

27.08.2024 2

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Forbes’ Top 50 Small Colleges

As the college search and application season gets underway, high school students and their parents have a lot to consider—from academics, to...

27.08.2024 3

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