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Planet Money
Is A College Degree An Insurance Policy?
May 2, 2011 What kind of economic good is college: An investment? A luxury good? An expensive insurance policy?
Blog Of The Nation
College Rejections: Not Always So Simple
March 14, 2011 Prospective college students are anxiously awaiting acceptance letters from the schools they applied to. Although the relief typically comes in a big, stuffed envelope, those receiving the thinner ones wonder what happened. The Daily Beast lists 9 of the craziest college rejection reasons.
The Two-Way
Univ. Head: Sex Display Was 'Extremely Poor Judgment'
March 3, 2011 Fallout from a couple's after-class demonstration of the use of a motorized sex toy has roiled the campus of Northwestern University. After initially defending the professor who allowed students to view the demonstration, President Morton Schapiro now says he's "troubled and disappointed."
Blog Of The Nation
'Academic Mercenary' Writes Papers For Money
November 17, 2010 A man who calls himself Ed Dante works for an online company that provides individualized papers to students who are willing to pay. And these aren't just basic book reports on Wuthering Heights.
Blog Of The Nation
Call Your Mother
September 13, 2007 We'd packed the family minivan to capacity, with clothes, a mini-fridge, and extra-long sheets. After a 12-hour, 600-mile haul up I-81, we were in remote Ithaca (Gorges!), with several-thousand other families
