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World rankings: top 10 universities around the globe
Britain's leading higher education publication, The Times Higher Education, today released its 2012 reputation rankings for universities worldwide. Here is a list of the top 10.
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Top 10 richest US presidents
Mitt Romney earned nearly $22 million in 2010. If elected, he would be in the Top 3 most wealthiest presidents. You may be surprised by who ranks among the Top 10 wealthiest US presidents.
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Election 101: 11 questions about Rick Perry and his White House bid
The Texas governor made clear his intention to run for president with appearances in South Carolina and New Hampshire on Saturday and a planned trip to Iowa on Sunday.
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The Social Network: Four things the movie got wrong
The Social Network, a cinematic take on the founding of Facebook, is the number one film in the country. The backlash has already begun.
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Harvard and MIT to offer online courses. A step in lowering college costs?
On Wednesday, Harvard and MIT announced they're forming a new organization called edX to deliver online courses to learners around the world. Each school is investing $30 million.
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Decoder Wire
Obama on Jimmy Fallon show: How did it go? (+video)
The president's political advisers must be fairly pleased. Obama, on Jimmy Fallon late-night show, both trumpeted his message about keeping college loan rates low and needled Republicans about it.
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Student debt: How big a risk does it pose to the economy?
Student debt represents a financial challenge for America, some economists say, but in a way that's different from the big buildup in mortgage debt that led to a deep recession.
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Keep Calm
Good Reads: Ben Bernanke, bilingualism, and a new study on God and civilization
Here's a survey of what's interesting in other magazines: a profile of 'the villain' Ben Bernanke, a look at the benefits of bilingualism, and a scientific explanation for society's need for God.
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World rankings: top 10 universities around the globe
Britain's leading higher education publication, The Times Higher Education, today released its 2012 reputation rankings for universities worldwide. Here is a list of the top 10.
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Barnard College flap: Competition among women shouldn't be over men
Columbia University women are outraged that Obama will deliver the commencement address at Barnard College, the neighboring women's school. Some accuse Barnard women of wanting to bed and wed 'their' Columbia men. Why do women still define themselves in terms of men?
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March Madness 101: An introduction to the NCAA basketball tournament
The NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament, more commonly known as 'March Madness', begins next Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio, with the championship game taking place in New Orleans on April 2nd.
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Allowed to stay, Miami student becomes face of Obama immigration policy
Obama administration gives Daniela Pelaez, a Miami high school valedictorian, a deportation reprieve. Her case affords the White House a political test of its new 'prosecutorial discretion' immigration policy.
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Israel's calculus on Iran: Shaped by leaders' youth in daring commando unit?
Prime Minister Netanyahu and his Defense minister served as brothers in arms in Sayeret Matkal, a sort of Ivy League for future Israeli leaders. Now they face a grave decision on Iran.
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Robert Reich
The GOP slides right, and the rest of us should worry
Even if they don't win on Election Day, the fringe right-wingers who have taken over the Repuplican party, will have a deep, negative impact on our government.
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Melissa Harris-Perry show at MSNBC breaks more than gender, race barrier
Melissa Harris-Perry is the first African American woman to solo-host a news and politics show on a major television outlet, MSNBC. But she also breaks a pundit barrier. As a professor at Tulane University, she raises academia to a new level where it can enrich public discourse.
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Chapter & Verse
In an age of Kindles, Harcourt Bindery sticks to tried-and-true book methods
The Charlestown, Mass., bindery still makes books by hand, using a 19th-century production model.
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New York Police Department monitored Muslim students all over the Northeast
The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the elite Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, the Associated Press has learned.
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Top 10 richest US presidents
Mitt Romney earned nearly $22 million in 2010. If elected, he would be in the Top 3 most wealthiest presidents. You may be surprised by who ranks among the Top 10 wealthiest US presidents.
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Change Agent
As tensions over wealth gap rise, the rich are giving more
The top 50 charitable donors gave more in 2011: Are the super rich feeling the sting of public opinion?
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Green Economics
How to fix California's college tuition problem
California residents are frustrated over the UC university system's uniform pricing. Would it be better if each campus set its own tuition rates?
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Occupy protests spread to US college campuses
As the Occupy Wall Street protests have grown to cities across the United States, they've also taken root at US universities, where students have staged rallies and walk-outs from classes.
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Green Economics
Does Harvard cause income inequality?
With the rise of "superstar pay" in the financial markets, are too many students choosing to go to Wall Street in lieu of becoming economics experts?
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Chapter & Verse
Racecar driving: even 100 years ago, excitement outweighed the danger
Charles Leerhsen's new book "Blood and Smoke: A True Tale of Mystery, Mayhem and the Birth of the Indy 500" details the wild early days of the sport.
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Robert Reich
'Occupy Wall Street' the Left's Tea Party? Maybe, but...
If Occupy Wall Street coalesces into something like a real movement, the Democratic Party may have more difficulty digesting it than the GOP has had with the Tea Party.
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College rankings: Princeton, Harvard best colleges
College rankings from U.S. News & World Report put five Ivy League schools in Top 10 best colleges. University of Maryland-Baltimore is up-and-comer in college rankings.
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Do you have to be a math whiz to understand 'Best College' rankings?
U.S. News & World Report's just-released college rankings pass judgment on more than 1,000 institutions, using an exhaustive three-step process. But don't worry, we won't test you on it.
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College rankings: Same US schools rise to the top again
College rankings: US News and World Reports has released its annual report on the best institutions of higher education in the US. These college rankings feature a handful of Ivy League schools.
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Witness to a decade that redefined Southeast Asia
As he leaves his post in Bangkok, a correspondent looks at how a rising China has changed the Southeast Asia region after 9/11.
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Change Agent
Abaarso Tech, run like a business, brings top-notch education to Somalia
Jonathan Starr founded Abaarso Tech in Somaliland to unlock the potential of the country's brightest boys and girls.
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