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☆ A B.A. from Columbia could cost $500,000: Here are the top 10 most expensive places in the U.S. to go college
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Over four years, the total bill may be $500,000 or more, as it is estimated to be at Columbia University, according to Self Financial. These are the 10 schools with the highest total cost for four years. Columbia University—New YorkTotal cost: $514,4422. Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Cambridge, MassachusettsTotal cost: $441,948All of the 10 most expensive schools Self Financial identified are private, which makes sense, given that those institutions typically charge higher tuition than public schools. But private colleges often offer generous financial aid and scholarships packages so your cost to attend may even be lower than at a public university.

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Video transcript Back bars 0:00 / 0:44 - 0:00 transcript Columbia Protesters Occupy Building on Campus People inside barricaded the doors of Hamilton Hall with furniture. “Palestine will live forever.” “Go away, yo.” “Free, free Palestine.” “Free, free, free Palestine.” “Shut it down.” “Palestine will be free.” “Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.” People inside barricaded the doors of Hamilton Hall with furniture. Credit Credit... Bing Guan for The New York TimesOutside the neoclassical building, protesters, many wearing helmets, safety glasses, gloves and masks, barricaded the entrance. Image Student protesters marching around the encampment on campus at Columbia University on Tuesday. So far, at least, a core of student protesters has vowed to stay put.

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☆ N.Y.C. Schools Chief to Testify as Congress Expands Antisemitism Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Troy Closson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The chancellor of New York City’s public schools will testify about how the district is handling antisemitism before a congressional committee next month. A spokesman for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce confirmed that Mr. Banks was asked to attend the hearing, but did not identify the other districts. The earlier congressional hearings helped trigger the resignations of the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. Columbia University’s president is appearing before a congressional committee next week. The inquiry next month will offer a window into how the tensions on American college campuses are also stirring painful debates in public school communities.

Persons: David C, Banks Organizations: New, Education, Workforce, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia Locations: New York, Israel

☆ Opinion | The Economist Who Helped Patients Get New Kidneys
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Peter Coy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A step or two back, a man in a yellow gown, his brow furrowed and his arms behind his back. The object in the bucket is a kidney that is being transplanted from one person to another. Not bad for a guy who never graduated from high school. Columbia University admitted him without a diploma after he dropped out of Martin Van Buren High School in Queens. (The high school relented and gave him an honorary one after he got the Nobel.)

Persons: Alvin Roth —, Roth, Martin Van Organizations: Surgeons, Economic Sciences, Columbia University, Martin Van Buren High School Locations: New York City, Boston, Martin Van Buren, Queens

☆ Youth suicide rates rose 62% from 2007 to 2021: 'People feel hopeless,' one recent grad says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Last year, suicide rates in the U.S. were the highest they had been since 1941, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 2007 through 2021, suicide rates for Americans ages 10 to 24 rose 62%, according to the CDC. Young people don't think they can make 'a significant difference'Financial instability has proven to be a large contributing factor in youth suicide. In 2014 and 2015, suicide rates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology surpassed the national average, which was about 13 deaths per year, according to CDC data. Easier access to guns is linked to increased suicide rates, as well, as gun suicides reached an all-time high in 2022, according to CDC data.

Persons: Young, Katie Meyer, Ian Alexander Jr, Regina King, Ellis Lariviere, Mariana Fabiana, —, Fabiana, Gen Z, ideation, Michele Berk, Berk, Bessel, Van der Kolk, Gen, Carl Fleischer, Fleischer, Nate Bronstein, it's, It's, Carl Fleisher, Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Wallace Organizations: Stanford University, Centers for Disease Control, North Carolina State University, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, CDC, Boston Child Study, Facebook, Harvard, Yale University, University of California Locations: Brooklyn , New York, U.S, Palo Alto , California, Los Angeles, Chicago

☆ University of Tampa facing investigation in the wake of Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Katie Lobosco | Rene Marsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington CNN —The University of Tampa and a Florida school district, Hillsborough County Schools, are under investigation by the Department of Education related to alleged incidents of discrimination in the wake of the Israel-Hamas conflict. The investigations were launched by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Any person or organization can file a Title VI complaint with the Office for Civil Rights. The Office for Civil Rights has now opened a total of 27 Title VI investigations this year. Kenneth Marcus, founder and chairman of the Brandeis Center, told CNN he thinks the Office for Civil Rights could be doing more.

Persons: CNN doesn’t, they’ve, ”, Jonathan Fansmith, Kenneth Marcus, Trump, “ It’s, ” Marcus Organizations: Washington CNN — The University of Tampa, Hillsborough County Schools, Department of Education, New York’s Columbia University, Columbia, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Education’s, Civil Rights, Civil, Office, CNN, American Council, Education, “, University of Tampa, Columbia University, College, FBI, Ivy League school’s, Brandeis Center, Wellesley College Locations: Florida, Hillsborough, Israel, New, ”, Massachusetts

☆ Harvard posts investment gain in fiscal 2023, endowment stands at $50.7 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BOSTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Harvard University's endowment fund, the world's largest university endowment, posted a small investment gain that bested several other top U.S. universities' returns but saw the value of the fund shrink as more was paid to university operations. Harvard Management Co said on Thursday that it earned a 2.9% return in the fiscal year that ended June 30, leaving the total endowment at $50.7 billion. A year earlier it lost 1.8% amid tumbling markets but the endowment ended at $50.9 billion. Returns from these schools are watched closely because they pioneered putting money into hedge and private equity funds. Rival Yale University returned 1.8% while the University of Pennsylvania returned 1.3%.

Persons: N.P, Narvekar, Svea Herbst, Bayliss, Diane Craft Organizations: BOSTON, Harvard, Harvard Management, Harvard Management's, Private, Rival Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Stanford, Svea, Thomson

Dr. Adrian Jacques Ambrose, 35, wants to make healthcare, especially mental-health care, more accessible. Ambrose is a senior medical director in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Columbia University Irving Medical CenterAmbrose, who goes professionally by Jacques, is driven by how confusing healthcare is. As a senior medical director in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, he oversees about 50 physicians and 100 other clinicians across four clinical sites. "How do I continue to inculcate this dream of advocating for not only better healthcare, but better healthcare for vulnerable populations and minority populations?"

Persons: Adrian Jacques Ambrose, Ambrose, Columbia University Irving Medical Center Ambrose, Jacques, —, David Satcher, Ambrose doesn't, Rose Organizations: of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Leadership Institute Locations: Vietnam, Hawaii

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