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The Most Expensive Bet Most Families Ever Make

BY B. M. RYAN In Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania, Frank Bruni’s intervention into the admissions debate was built around a stabilizing claim: Where you go is not who you’ll be. It was an argument against status anxiety, against the idea that elite college admission determined life…

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Who Cares about Small Colleges?

BY ALICE BROWN During Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, Howard Dean spoke about her plan to set aside $25 billion for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and to make public universities tuition-free. Afterwards, I asked, “What are Hillary’s plans for the small private colleges scattered across the country, most in rural regions?” His response…