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☆ The top 10 most affordable colleges on the 'New Ivies' list from Forbes—2 are private schools
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Going to an Ivy League school for college may help you earn a competitive salary down the line. The average tuition price across the Ivy League colleges is $64,829 — and that's before factoring in housing, food, books and other fees, according to the schools' latest available listed prices. Often, as is the case with Ivy League schools, private colleges can offer better financial aid packages through institutional grants and scholarships. These are the 10 new Ivies with the lowest average net price, according to Department of Education data:1. University of Michigan—Ann ArborOut-of-state tuition: $27,864 (figure reflects 2023-24 tuition price, 2024-25 price not available)Average net price: $16,7928.

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☆ Citadel CEO Ken Griffin says the anti-Israel college campus protests are just 'performative art'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Anti-Israel protesters are just engaging in a form of performance art, says Citadel CEO Ken Griffin. Griffin said he was pausing his donations to Harvard over its approach to on campus antisemitism. AdvertisementCitadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin, 55, isn't a fan of the anti-Israel protesters that have taken over American college campuses. That's just anarchy," Griffin said of the student protesters. Griffin's criticisms of student protesters highlight the huge influence that Corporate America has on higher education.

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☆ A Harvard education costs over $82,000 a year—here's how much students actually pay
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Going to an Ivy League institution like Harvard University can pay off in the long run. Before they get there, though, Harvard students have a steep price to pay. However, many students pay far less than the sticker price. Over half — 55% — of Harvard undergraduates receive institutional scholarships, according to the school, and 24% of Harvard families pay nothing after aid and grants. Students who receive federal financial aid pay an average of $19,500 a year to attend Harvard, according to the College Scorecard.

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The House of Representatives is one of Washington’s most raucous forums, a free-for-all of personalities with profiles to raise and points to score. But it turns out that the rough-and-tumble of steering a public school district — board sessions, P.T.A. meetings, battles over textbooks and discipline — may be sound preparation for the rough-and-tumble of testifying before the House. As public school leaders showed on Wednesday, mixing it up a bit can go far toward neutralizing a Congress with a craving for the spotlight. At earlier hearings, university presidents opted for strategies of conciliatory genuflection or drab, lawyerly answers.

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☆ Columbia University just canceled its commencement
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Columbia has canceled its main commencement event in the wake of campus protests. AdvertisementColumbia is canceling its main commencement event in the aftermath of protests against Israel's war in Gaza that roiled the campus and ended in dozens of arrests. Columbia said it came to the decision based on feedback from students, and the changes would not impact travel plans for families. Advertisement"Our students emphasized that these smaller-scale, school-based celebrations are most meaningful to them and their families," the university said in a statement. AdvertisementOn Monday, Emory University announced it was moving commencement activities off-campus due to safety concerns.

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☆ We are 6 months from the 2024 presidential election. Here's where things stand.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewWith six months until Election Day, the race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump is already in high gear. In March, Biden and Trump clinched enough delegates to secure the Democratic and GOP presidential nominations, respectively, ahead of their party conventions. AP Photo/David YeazellIn 2020, Biden won the election by winning core Democratic states and every major swing state except for North Carolina, which he lost by one percentage point. AdvertisementA win in North Carolina could also give Biden breathing room as he faces challenges in other swing states. Many of these voters backed Biden in 2020 but say their support of the president is not guaranteed in November.

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☆ These 10 colleges may be as good as the Ivy League, according to Forbes
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

No matter where you get your college rankings, there's a good chance one or more of the Ivy League universities will be on top of the list. You don't need an Ivy League education to be successful in life, though. Forbes recently compiled a list of colleges that aren't in the Ivy League, or even in the group of schools that have become known as "Ivy-plus," for their comparable exclusivity, rigor and positive student outcomes. Aside from the eight Ivy League schools and four Ivy-plus schools — Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Stanford University and Duke University — Forbes selected colleges based on exclusivity and a survey of hiring managers it conducted to establish what it is calling "New Ivies." The median earnings are among former attendees of each school, 10 years after starting college, according to the College Scorecard.

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☆ Live updates: Pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia, UCLA campuses amid Israel's war in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

More than 2,000 people have been arrested at colleges and universities since April 18 as a growing wave of pro-Palestinian campus protests ripples across the US. During the weeks of demonstrations, protesters have mainly called for schools to divest from companies that support Israel and the war in Gaza. He drew a line between what he called peaceful and violent protests, repeated his support for Israel, and dismissed calls for the National Guard to intervene. Portland police officers standby on the campus of Portland State University in Portland on Thursday. University of California, Los Angeles: More than 200 people were arrested Thursday on suspicion of resisting orders to disperse from the now-dismantled encampment on the campus.

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☆ Lauren Boebert got into a scrap with pro-Palestine protesters over a flag after she was heckled with chants of 'Beetlejuice'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Lauren Boebert went to George Washington University on Wednesday. The Colorado Republican sparred with pro-Palestinian protesters at the university. AdvertisementRep. Lauren Boebert's attempt to engage with pro-Palestinian protesters at George Washington University on Wednesday didn't go very well. Boebert visited the college campus with her fellow GOP politicians, James Comer, Byron Donalds, and Anna Paulina Luna. VIDEO: Cong @laurenboebert attempts to rip down Palestinian flag that was draped over George Washington statue on the GWU campus.

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☆ New York City police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters in Columbia University raid
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

NYPD officers arrest students as they evict a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University, in New York City on April 30, 2024. New York City police raided Columbia University late on Tuesday to arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some of whom had seized an academic building, and to remove a protest encampment the Ivy League school had sought to dismantle for nearly two weeks. Shortly after police moved in, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik released a letter in which she requested police stay on campus until at least May 17 — two days after graduation — "to maintain order and ensure that encampments are not re-established." Within three hours the campus had been cleared of protesters, said a police spokesperson, adding "dozens" of arrests were made. Students standing just outside the campus jeered police with shouts of "Shame, shame!"

Persons: Minouche Shafik Organizations: Palestinian, Columbia University, Ivy League, Hamilton Hall, . Police Locations: New York City, Manhattan, Gaza

☆ Amid campus protests, some teens and parents reconsider enrollment decisions
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

I was so dead set on going,” said the private school student, who is Jewish. Before police were deployed to campus, pro-Palestinian protesters and Israel supporters were clashing at the school , according to multiple reports. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images Columbia University students gather for a picket organized by the Student Workers Union (UAW Local 2710) on Monday, April 29. Columbia student Cameron Jones told CNN: "I am Jewish and, to me, Passover symbolizes perseverance and resilience. Stefan Jeremiah/AP Israeli flags are reflected in the sunglasses of a demonstrator in front of Columbia University on April 22.

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☆ 2024 Was the Year That Broke College Admissions - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Daniel Currell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Selective college admissions have been a vortex of anxiety and stress for what seems like forever, inducing panic in more top high school seniors each year. But the 2023-2024 admissions season was not just an incremental increase in the frantic posturing and high-pressure guesswork that make this annual ritual seem like academic Hunger Games. The so-called Ivy-Plus schools — the eight members of the Ivy League plus M.I.T., Duke, Chicago and Stanford — collectively received about 175,000 applications in 2002. In 2022, the most recent year for which totals are available, they got more than 590,000, with only a few thousand more available spots. A legal challenge swept the rules away, freeing the most powerful schools to do pretty much whatever they wanted.

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☆ Columbia protesters' demands have worked before. This time may be different.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Paul Squire | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewThe unrest at Columbia University isn't showing signs of slowing down. In the 1980s, student protesters at Columbia took over the same building and called for divestment of the Ivy League school's investments over a different cause: South African apartheid. Student protesters at the 1985 demonstrations at Columbia University. Protesters there locked and chained the doors to Hamilton Hall — the same building now occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters — and demanded the school completely divest from South Africa. A more fraught situationOn its website, the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group likened itself to the protests from nearly 40 years ago.

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☆ What the pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses actually want
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Matt Egan | Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“We are not going anywhere until our demands are met,” Khymani James, a student at Columbia University, said during a news briefing Wednesday. Student demonstrators occupy the pro-Palestinian "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on the West Lawn of Columbia University on April 24, 2024 in New York City. The Columbia protesters are also calling for the university to “disclose and sever all ties” with the New York Police Department. For example, Columbia protesters want the university to sever ties with the school’s center in Tel Aviv and a dual degree program with Tel Aviv University. New York University protesters use the school’s Tel Aviv center as a rallying cry as well.

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☆ Opinion | To Be (Visibly) Jewish in the Ivy League
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Netanel Crispe, from Danby, Vt., is a 21-year-old junior studying American history at Yale. “I was wearing my black hat; I was very identifiably Jewish,” Crispe said. “Thank God, there was a small sphere at the end of the pole,” she told me. Yale and other universities have been sites of almost continual demonstrations since Hamas massacred and kidnapped Israelis on Oct. 7. That’s just fine, insofar as students have a right to express their views about the war in Gaza — whatever one thinks about those views.

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☆ Live Updates: Yale Students Arrested as Campus Chaos Spreads
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

Some reportedly shouted at Jewish students and made antisemitic statements. Still, some Jewish students who are supporting the pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus said they felt solidarity, not a sense of danger, even as they denounced the acts of antisemitism. Image Grant Miner, a Jewish graduate student at Columbia University, says he doesn’t feel unsafe on campus. Jewish students get harassed trying to leave @Columbia’s campus tonight. Image At the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on the Columbia campus, tents were crowded together Sunday night.

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☆ Tensions are so high at Columbia ahead of Passover that all classes will be virtual today
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Officials at Columbia University, facing surging tensions on campus that have raised safety concerns, have announced all classes will be virtual on Monday as Passover begins. Shafik has faced new calls for her resignation, and a rabbi linked to the university even urged Jewish students to stay home due to concerns about their safety. The crisis at Columbia amounts to a massive test for Shafik, who took the helm of the university less than a year ago. “It is crystal clear that Columbia University -previously a beacon of academic excellence founded by Alexander Hamilton - needs new leadership,” Stefanik said in a statement on Sunday. As Passover begins Monday, Jewish student organizations have increased security for their upcoming events and services.

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☆ Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Suspended for Involvement in Columbia Protest
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Sharon Otterman | Anna Betts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, is among several Barnard students who have been suspended for participating in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University. The camp, which includes dozens of tents pitched on the campus’s South Lawn in protest against Israeli actions in Gaza, has created a standoff between administrators and students on the Ivy League campus. Ms. Hirsi posted on social media around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday that she was one of three students suspended so far for participating in the protest, which began on Wednesday, the day the university’s president, Nemat Shafik, appeared before Congress to discuss antisemitism on campus. At the congressional hearing, Dr. Shafik told lawmakers that she would enforce rules about unauthorized protests and antisemitism. Ms. Omar, who is on the committee that held the hearing and who did not mention that her daughter was among the pro-Palestinian protesters, was one of several Democrats who questioned Ms. Shafik about her actions toward Palestinian and Muslim students.

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☆ I'm a student at Yale, and we party more than you'd think. Here's what parties at the Ivy League are like.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Miles Kirkpatrick | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewLike most Yale students, I'm swamped. Despite the Ivy League's reputation as one big ivory tower, Yale students still love to throw a good party. Yale isn't a huge party school, but we still have partiesWhen choosing a school, the party scene wasn't very high on my priority list. This wasn't a medieval cloister; it was just what you'd expect from any college despite the Ivy League status. Related storyEven closer to campus is Toad's Place, a club that hosts Yale-only Wednesday night parties and is free on Saturdays with a Yale ID.

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☆ Some top schools are bringing back ACT and SAT requirements — but most colleges are still test-optional. Here's what you need to know.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementYale and Brown made similar announcements, saying they conducted studies that found requiring testing allowed them to attract the most diverse student body. "The institutions we're currently talking about, they're requiring tests again and didn't necessarily want to ever stop requiring tests," Baker said. Its reason: requiring testing scores would help the school choose between many high school seniors with high GPAs. Even so, data has shown students have continued to take tests despite applying to schools with test-optional policies. AdvertisementMoving forward, Baker said it's important that if more schools choose to switch their testing policies, they consider the announcement's timing.

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☆ I reviewed my Yale admissions file to see what the Ivy League school really thought about my application. What I learned surprised me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Brian Zhang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I reviewed my Yale admissions file to see what the Ivy League school thought about my application. She wrote those words in my admissions file, a document I finally got my hands on three years after being accepted into Yale University. She screen-shared my admissions file and let me read in silence. I got a behind-the-scenes look into Yale admissions when they read my applicationEach aspect of my application was rated out of nine points. "I teared up reading Essay 1," one reader wrote of my common application essay.

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☆ Harvard applications dip — but don’t plunge — following historic turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Matt Egan | Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The application figures are also the first look at Ivy League school admissions after the Supreme Court gutted affirmative action, although the data does not include demographic breakdowns. Harvard said Thursday it received 54,008 applicants for the class of 2028, down 5% from the year before. This marks the fewest applicants to Harvard since the class of 2024’s enrollment period during the Covid-19 pandemic. Harvard said it accepted 1,937 students for the class of 2028, translating to an admissions rate of 3.58%. The all-time low admissions rate was set just two years ago at 3.19%.

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☆ I was just accepted into Princeton University after the repeal of affirmative action. As a person of color, I'm feeling conflicted.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Aina Marzia | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I'm a person of color who was just accepted into Princeton after the repeal of affirmative action. As a recently accepted student to Princeton University, it might've been the best I ever played. As a person of color, I was the guinea pig round of the increasingly unpredictable admissions process. AdvertisementI tried to show the admissions officers I'm a person — not a scoreI went test-optional. I figured it would be harder to reject a person than a number, so I gave them a person.

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☆ After a difficult application year, college hopefuls have a 'love-hate relationship' with 'Ivy Day,' expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A fascination with the eight private colleges that comprise the Ivy League spans decades. What is an Ivy League degree worth? For decades, studies have shown that earning a college degree is almost always worthwhile. A recent report by Harvard University-based nonpartisan, nonprofit research group Opportunity Insights found that an Ivy League degree carries even more weight in the workforce and beyond. In the end, they found that attending an Ivy League college has a "statistically insignificant impact" on earnings.

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☆ Ivy League admission decisions are coming on Ivy Day. Here's what to do if you've been accepted, rejected, or waitlisted.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Steve Gardner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The clock seems to tick a little louder as the Ivy League schools — Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, UPenn, and Columbia — all prepare to announce their admissions decisions. Here's what you should do next if you've been accepted, rejected, or waitlisted. You gave everything you had to create a strong application, so it's OK if you need some time and space. The school orchestra and sports teams need the right talent in the right positions. Perhaps less obvious priorities are in place, such as adding rural students to balance the extra-urban students admitted last year.

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