Education

Students perform in Granite Bay High School's original production of Ranked.

A Dystopian High School Musical Foresaw The College Admissions Scandal

1:55pm April 12, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

A California high school is staging an original musical called Ranked, set in a world where class rank means everything, and some parents are willing to pay for their student to get a better spot.

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Financial Aid Offers Icons: Net Cost, Promo

How To Calculate The Cost Of College: A Guide To Financial Aid Terms

2:36pm April 11, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

For most students, figuring out where to go to college is closely linked with, "How am I gonna pay for it?" The answer — sort of — comes in lots of confusing terms and jargon.

> COMPARE COLLEGE OFFERS: Use this spreadsheet template to compare financial aid offers in a consistent format. (Make a copy of the spreadsheet to enter your own information.)

Confused By Your College Financial Aid Letter? You're Not Alone

9:37pm April 10, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

Financial aid offer letters look vastly different from one school to the next, and it isn't always clear how much students will have to pay. "It's really the Wild West," one expert says.

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Service members and civilians walk through a store on Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska in 2017. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, which oversees military retail facilities, recommended this week that stores show sports instead of news on their com

Military Stores Asked To Stop Showing 'Divisive' News On Their TVs

9:09pm April 10, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The Army and Air Force Exchange Service initially recommended that facilities feature sports programming. An updated memo tells facilities to make adjustments based on "the news of the day."

The ferries Malaspina and LeConte are docked near Juneau at sunrise. Both ships are part of Alaska's state ferry system, which could face steep budget cuts Oct. 1, under a proposal by Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

In Alaska Shrinking Oil Revenues May Mean Severe Cutbacks To State Ferry System

5:48pm April 10, 2019

by Nat Herz

For decades, Alaska has collected enough revenue from the oil industry to run government and pay each resident a cash dividend. Now, with oil revenue dwindling, there isn't enough money for both.

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Concern is growing about a burgeoning online market for essays that students can buy and turn in as their own work. And schools are trying new tools to catch it.

Buying College Essays Is Now Easier Than Ever. But Buyer Beware

4:22pm April 10, 2019

by Tovia Smith

What was once limited to small-scale side hustles has mushroomed into so-called essay mills on the Internet, becoming a global industry.

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Education

Texas Tech's School Of Medicine To Stop Considering Race In Admissions

6:37am April 10, 2019

David Greene talks to Wall Street Journal reporter Michelle Hackman, who got access to documents detailing the agreement between the Texas Tech medical school and the Department of Education.

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Texas Tech Medical School To End Use Of Race In Admissions

8:43pm April 09, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The decision is a victory for the Trump administration's efforts to pressure schools to abandon affirmative action policies still allowed by the Supreme Court.

News Brief: DHS Secretary, Iran's Revolutionary Guard, College Scandal

6:43am April 09, 2019

Replacing Cabinet secretaries has become routine. U.S. labels Iran's Revolutionary Guard a foreign terrorist group. In Boston, 14 people agreed to plead guilty in the college admission scandal.

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14 People Who Pleaded Guilty Face Prison Time In College Admissions Case

6:38am April 09, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

Prosecutors are pushing for jail time for the 13 parents and one coach who have said they will plead guilty to using bribery and other forms of fraud as part of the college admissions scandal.

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