Trump weighs taking $3 billion in frozen Harvard grants and giving the money to trade schools instead

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The Baker Library at Harvard University, where President Trump's war of words and funding continued on Memorial Day.

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The way Americans pay for higher education is changing

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The professor made porn. His firing may shape the future of free speech.

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Joe Gow
"If they can do this to me, they could do it to any tenured professor," says Joe Gow. "Academia is not a law firm or a bank or an insurance company. We're in the truth business."

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Here's what the economy could look like with a Biden or Trump presidency

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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have different plans for how they'd tackle the US economy if they win the November election.

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Unmarried Chinese women have found yet another way to get over the stigma of being single: Flee to the West and get another degree

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An Asian woman.

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Harvard's first Black president received so many death threats that police watched her residence 24/7, report says

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Former Harvard University president Claudine Gay.

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Bill Ackman wants more college presidents to be business people. But that's not the way it works.

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Bill Ackman (left) spent months arguing for the removal of Claudine Gay (right), Harvard's former president who stepped down earlier this week.

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One of the country's best universities will now cover in-state tuition for students from families making $100,000 or less

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A view of the Rotunda on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Columbia administrators reportedly covertly changed the university's event policies just before suspending pro-Palestine student groups

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Low Memorial Library at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City.

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These are the 10 most prestigious internships to have on your resume, according to 13,000 current and former interns

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Interns ranked the most impressive internships when presented with a list of top companies, according to Vault.

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