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  • June 2008

    • Colbert to Princeton Grads: 'Don't Change the World'

      The Daily Princetonian  |  Jun 3, 08 3:54 PM CDT

      Colbert to Princeton Grads: 'Don't Change the World'

      (Newser) - As every college speaker does, Stephen Colbert reminded Princeton’s seniors at today's Class Day ceremony that they have the power to “change the world,” the Daily Princetonian reports. But unlike other speakers, Colbert added: please don’t do that. “Some of us like it the way it is. Personally, things are going great for me right now.” More »

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      college  • higher education  • Stephen Colbert  • Princeton University  • Princeton

  • February 2008
  • December 2007

    • Tax Harvard to Help Fund Poorer Colleges

      New York Times  |  Dec 21, 07 4:17 PM CST

      Tax Harvard to Help Fund Poorer Colleges

      (Newser) - The growing disparity between the richest universities and their more modest counterparts is not as often discussed as other aspects of America's wealth gap, prominent investment banker Herbert Allen writes in the New York Times —but it should be. The nation’s wealthiest colleges have endowments topping $1 million per student—thousands of times greater than those of the poorest. More »

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      Harvard  • Yale University  • endowment  • Princeton University  • income disparity

    • Princeton Student Faked Own Beating

      The Daily Princetonian  |  Dec 18, 07 4:07 AM CST

      Princeton Student Faked Own Beating

      (Newser) - A Princeton student who claimed his views on morality and membership in a conservative organization triggered death threats against him and a beating has confessed that the threats and attack were self-delivered, the Daily Princetonian reports. Four others on campus, including a prominent conservative professor, were also threatened as part of the hoax. The 23-year-old junior admitted the ruse when police confronted him with inconsistencies in his story. More »

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      crime  • hoax  • universities  • Princeton University

    • In Higher Education, the Rich Get Richer

      BusinessWeek  |  Dec 3, 07 1:08 PM CST

      In Higher Education, the Rich Get Richer

      (Newser) - As Ivy League schools upgrade dorms, financial aid, and student-faculty ratios, America’s public universities are losing out, BusinessWeek reports. The "Ivy Plus" schools, which include Stanford and MIT, represent 1% of the US student population but are the richest by far. "We can add resources in almost every dimension," boasts Yale's president. More »

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      Harvard  • Stanford University  • Yale University  • Ivy League  • Princeton University  • brain drain

  • August 2007

    • Princeton Wins College Rankings for 8th Year

      Inside Higher Ed  |  Aug 17, 07 6:35 PM CDT

      Princeton Wins College Rankings for 8th Year

      (Newser) - Facing a barrage of criticism, the latest college rankings from U.S. News and World Report were released today, and Princeton is still No.1, followed by Harvard and Yale. The editors have tried to address complaints about the survey's bias toward schools that educate the well-to-do and the well-prepared. But dozens of college presidents are refusing to fully participate in the survey or use the rankings to promote their institutions. More »

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      education  • college  • Harvard  • school  • university  • Yale University  • college admissions  • Princeton University  • college rankings

  • April 2007

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