The summer is over, schools are back, and the data is in: ChatGPT is mainly a tool for cheating on homework.

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OpenAI has offered teachers a guide on how to use ChatGPT in the classroom as the back-to-school season begins.

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How NIL deals and brand sponsorships are helping college athletes make money

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I'm sick of people blaming me for my student-loan debt. It's not all my fault.

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I took a semester off during my junior year at Yale. It's one of the best decisions I've ever made.

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The author in Morocco during her gap semester.

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I'm jealous of college students who move into dorms with their parents' help. My migrant parents were never interested in college for me.

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The author as a kid.

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Good grades and top honors don't cut it anymore. Welcome to the Gen Z-Battle Royale: Internship Edition.

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Singapore undergraduates Nicole Ong (left) and Xinrui Gao (right) have completed around half a dozen internships each.
Singapore undergraduates Nicole Ong (left) and Xinrui Gao (right) have completed around half a dozen internships each.

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The strange, twisted logic behind the sky-high cost of college

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A blue graduation cap and yellow diploma tied with a red ribbon sit on a gray background. The red ribbon unties, unraveling the diploma's insides--which show a green dollar bill with an the animation of a nervous post-grad student in a suit, sweating.
Without any way to slash the cost of higher education, it's time to consider a dramatically different approach.

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I've been saving for a down payment for my first house. Now that my student-loan repayments are starting again, I have to put my dreams on hold.

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I'm a freshman at Harvard. From a Chinese lecture to a screening of 'Legally Blonde,' here's what my first day of classes was like.

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I'm a college-admissions expert. Don't join extracurriculars just so you have an impressive résumé — schools will see right through it.

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