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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Big money donors are slamming Ivy League universities and pulling funding over their response to the Israel-Hamas war

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Wealthy college donors like billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman have slammed Ivy League universities like Harvard for their responses to the Israel-Hamas war, while others have gone a step further and stopped their donations to the schools.

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Israel's richest man and his wife stepped down from a Harvard board, saying their faith in the school's leadership had been 'broken' over its response to the Hamas attacks

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Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023.
Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023.

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The bad math behind Harvard's refusal to do away with legacy admissions

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The explosion of endowments at elite colleges has allowed many forward-looking schools to drop their legacy admissions preference with no signs of financial suffering.

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Gen Z students are inventing their own college degrees, from Chaos Studies to Human-Computer Interaction

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Customized majors are on the rise as Gen Z students worried about the future of the job market turn to build-your-own degree programs.

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Gen Z is giving up on college

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In the wake of the pandemic and economic uncertainty, Gen Z is questioning whether college is worth it.

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