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  1. What Colleges Want in an Applicant (Everything)

    The admissions process is a maddening mishmash of competing objectives, and an attempt to measure the unmeasurable: you. No, it isn’t fair, and likely never will be.

     By Eric Hoover

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  2. Six Myths About Choosing a College Major

    Not all philosophy majors wind up as baristas, and not all engineers get rich. Here’s what you need to know before making this big decision.

     By Jeffrey J. Selingo

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    2. Are You First Gen? Depends on Who’s Asking

      With so many variations on what constitutes higher education as well as family, it’s no wonder there are so many definitions. And that matters.

       By Rochelle Sharpe

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  1. In a Volatile Climate on Campus, Professors Teach on Tenterhooks

    Amid identity politics and the partisan divide, faculty members struggle to manage testy exchanges and potential attacks, sometimes on them.

     By Laura Pappano

    Students at Southwestern University in Texas practice a mindfulness exercise in a political science class. The goal is more respectful debate.
    CreditIlana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times

  2. Opioids on the Quad

    For one student, it began with a painkiller snorted in a friend’s basement. For another, it was speed, pushed by the boy in the next locker.

     By Kyle Spencer

    Matthew, whose opioid obsession began with a “Perc” from a varsity teammate, at a recovery meeting at the Haven at Drexel University, in Philadelphia.
    CreditMark Makela for The New York Times

  3. Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t)

    The enthusiasm for science education rests on the assumption that these fields are flush with opportunity. Physicists, go digital.

     By Steve Lohr

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  4. The Disappearing American Grad Student

    Graduate programs in STEM have the highest percentage of international students of any broad academic field. Why don’t the locals bother?

     By Nick Wingfield

    A computer science class at N.Y.U.’s Tandon School of Engineering, where some 80 percent of graduate students are from other countries.
    CreditYana Paskova for The New York Times

  5. When Internships Don’t Pay, Some Colleges Will

    Employers with a social mission often can’t afford to subsidize interns. Students often can’t afford to work for free. Colleges pitch in.

     By Anemona Hartocollis

    Elizabeth Pooran teaching tech last year at the Senior Planet Exploration Center, where she held an internship subsidized by Pace University.
    CreditDrew Levin

  1. On Trial: GRE v. LSAT

    A handful of prestigious law schools, for the first time this admissions cycle, are allowing applicants to submit GRE scores instead of LSAT scores. This issue's Pop Quiz: sample questions from both.

     By Jane Karr

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    Pop Quiz

  2. What to Do When an Inebriated Stranger Stumbles Into Your Home?

    Around Penn State, where drinking is a serious problem, a home invader might be a student with no idea where he is. One townie offered a ride home; one grabbed a bat.

     By Russell Frank

    CreditRoss MacDonald

  3. ‘Victim Feminism’ and Sexual Assault on Campus

    Christina Hoff Sommers, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, long argued that the Obama model didn’t work. Here’s her take on what the changes mean.

     Interview by Stephanie Saul

    Christina Hoff Sommers
    CreditAmerican Enterprise Institute
    Ed Talk

  4. Learning French With Flashy, Sassy Christine

    A textbook featuring a stylish student with the world on a string charmed a 12-year-old, and changed her life.

     By Courtney Lichterman

    “Jeunes Voix, Jeunes Visages” (“Young Voices, Young Faces”), a French language textbook from 1970, chronicled the life of a vivacious student/model named Christine Eustrade.
    CreditPhotographs by Wayne Rowe
    Notebook

  5. Saying Farewell to Education Life

    A retiring editor reflects on three decades of education coverage and the issues that endure.

     By Jane Karr

    CreditStephen Hiltner/The New York Times
    From the Editor

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    How a $1 Billion Gift Changed Lives

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