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- 1Banking Executive Calls for More Transparency on College Costs●Banking Executive Calls for Greater Transparency Around College Costs and Outcomes | Education | U.S. News
A banking executive is calling for greater transparency around the costs and outcomes of American colleges, according to U.S. News & World Report. The appeal urges clearer disclosure of what students pay and what they gain, such as graduation rates and earnings, so families can make better-informed decisions about higher education.
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A new Atlantic essay argues American higher education is unraveling under a stack of simultaneous pressures: demographic decline, financial strain, eroding public trust, and now artificial intelligence disrupting the value of a degree. The piece contends these overlapping crises are not temporary setbacks but structural shifts that may permanently reshape who goes to college, what it costs, and whether campuses survive.
- 3Federal Agencies Investigate Duke and North Dakota Over Foreign Funding▼Federal Agencies Investigate Duke University and the University of North Dakota Over Foreign Funding
Federal agencies have opened investigations into Duke University and the University of North Dakota over alleged foreign funding ties. The inquiries focus on whether the universities properly disclosed money received from overseas sources, an issue that has drawn increasing federal scrutiny of American higher education institutions in recent years.