Category: Colleges and Universities

Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100,000 a Year. How Did This Happen?

Some Vanderbilt students will have $100,000 in total expenses for the 2024-25 school year. The school doesn’t really want to talk about it.
Student Debt Is Standing in the Way of Future Nuns and Priests

For young adults who want to join certain religious orders, paying off debt before taking a vow of poverty can prove challenging. But their communities are willing to help.
Poor Nations Are Writing a New Handbook for Getting Rich

Economies focused on exports have lifted millions out of poverty, but epochal changes in trade, supply chains and technology are making it a lot harder.
Stephen Adams, Who Made Yale Music School Tuition-Free, Dies at 86

A billionaire businessman and a late-blooming piano aficionado, he set a record with the anonymous $100 million gift that he and his wife gave the school.
First He Came For Cancel Culture. Now He Wants to Cancel Smartphones

The N.Y.U. professor Jonathan Haidt became a favorite in Silicon Valley for his work on what he called the “coddling” of young people. Now, he has an idea for fixing Gen Z.
What’s It Like to Be Cinderella in March? These Schools Know.

As administrators at universities like St. Peter’s, Fairleigh Dickinson and Florida Gulf Coast can attest, upset victories bring attention, alumni donations and a lot of work.
In One Key A.I. Metric, China Pulls Ahead of the U.S.: Talent

China has produced a huge number of top A.I. engineers in recent years. New research shows that, by some measures, it has already eclipsed the United States.
In One Key A.I. Metric, China Pulls Ahead of the U.S.: Talent

China has produced a huge number of top A.I. engineers in recent years. New research shows that, by some measures, it has already eclipsed the United States.
Seattle University to Receive $300 Million Art Collection

The hotel developer Richard Hedreen is donating more than 200 artworks, and $25 million in seed money, in honor of his wife, Betty, an alumna.
Seattle University to Receive $300 Million Art Collection

The hotel developer Richard Hedreen is donating more than 200 artworks, and $25 million in seed money, in honor of his wife, Betty, an alumna.
What Would Paying Student Athletes Look Like?

A college team’s vote to unionize adds pressure on the N.C.A.A. to abandon rules that forbid paying student athletes like employees.
What Would Paying Student Athletes Look Like?

A college team’s vote to unionize adds pressure on the N.C.A.A. to abandon rules that forbid paying student athletes like employees.