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2016

• New York Times: Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Program at University of Texas, by Adam Liptak (June 23, 2016)
• Wall St Journal: Asian-American Groups Seek Investigation Into Ivy League Admissions , by Douglas Belkin (May 23, 2016)
• Boston Globe: Student loan debt has tripled to $1.23 trillion, yes, trillion, by Matt Rocheleau (May 17, 2016)
• Wall St Journal: One New Fix for Connecticut’s Budget Crunch: Yale University , by Timothy W. Martin (Mar 24, 2016)
• Wall St Journal: Solutions for Stressed-Out High-School Students, by Nikhil Goyal (Feb 12, 2016)
• Washington Post: Liberal intolerance is on the rise on America’s college campuses, by Catherine Rampell (Feb 10, 2016)

Dec 2015

• The Lowell Sun: Sources: Trump has Lowell rally in the cards, by Christopher Scott, Sun Staff (Dec 23, 2015)
• New York Times: Why the New Education Law Is Good for Children Left Behind, by David L. Kirp (Dec 9, 2015)
• Boston Globe: Obama signs education law to replace No Child Left Behind, by Jennifer C. Kerr (Dec 9, 2015)
• The Commonwealth: No Child Left Behind is gone, by Michael Jonas (Dec 9, 2015)
• New York Times: Senate Approves Overhaul of No Child Left Behind Law, by Emmarie Huetteman (Dec 8, 2015)
• Bloomberg: Obama Unlearns His Classroom Lesson, by the Editorial Board (Dec 8, 2015)
• New York Times: Course Correction for School Testing, by The Editorial Board (Dec 6, 2015)

Nov 2015

• Wall St Journal: No Child Left Behind’s Successor, unattributed (Nov 29, 2015)
• Washington Post: Why students foot the bill for college sports, and how some are fighting back, by Will Hobson and Steven Rich (Nov 29, 2015)
• Wall St Journal: A Smaller Share of High-School Grads Are Heading to College—Especially Poorer Ones, by Melissa Korn (Nov 25, 2015)
• Wall St Journal: U.S. Student-Loan Forgiveness Program Proves Costly, by Josh Mitchell (Nov 20, 2015)
• Boston Globe: The feds are right to hold higher-ed to higher scrutiny, unattributed (Nov 19, 2015)
• Wall St Journal: Colleges Flex Lobbying Muscle , by Brody Mullins, Douglas Belkin and Andrea Fuller (Nov 8, 2015)

Oct 2015

• New York Times: Obama Administration Calls for Limits on Testing in Schools, by Kate Zernike (Oct 23, 2015)

Sept 2015

• New York Times: Bill Clinton Blames G.O.P. and Press for Wife's Email Woes, by Amy Chozick (Sept 26, 2015)
• New York Times: With Website to Research Colleges, Obama Abandons Ranking System, by Michael D. Shear (Sept 11, 2015)
• Boston Globe: The many pitfalls of private student loans, by Tara Siegel Bernard (Sept 4, 2015)

Aug 2015

• Washington Post: Everyone thinks the current state of higher education is awful. Who is to blame?, by Daniel W. Drezner (Aug 13, 2015)
• Wall St Journal: Why the Debate Over College Costs Is About More Than College, by Aaron Zitner (Aug 12, 2015)
• Wall St Journal: Clinton Takes Taxpayers to School, by (Aug 10, 2015)
• New York Times: Democrats Offer Ways to Make College Affordable, by The Editorial Board (Aug 9, 2015)
• Pope Center: Election 2016: Where the Republican Candidates Stand on Higher Education, by Harry Painter (Aug 5, 2015)
• Wall St Journal: More College Students Selling Stock—in Themselves, by Douglas Belkin (Aug 5, 2015)
• Wall St Journal: Federal Aid’s Role in Driving Up Tuitions Gains Credence, by Josh Mitchell (Aug 2, 2015)

June 2015

• Market Watch: Obama administration scales back plan to rate colleges, by Jillian Berman (June 26, 2015)

May 2015

• Wall St Journal: Congratulations, Class of 2015. You’re the Most Indebted Ever (For Now), by Jeffrey Sparshott (May 8, 2015)

2014

• New York Times: Colleges Rattled as Obama Seeks Rating System , by Michael D. Shear (May 24, 2014)