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    January 22, 2019
    Students walk trough the quad fronting historic McDowell Hall on the campus of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, in December 2018. The school is slashing its tuition and fees by 33 percent in the coming year. Washington Post photo by Michael Robinson Chavez.
    Private colleges slashing tuition
    As soaring tuition costs scare off many families, a growing number of private colleges have embraced a marketing tactic associated more with...
    news/nationJanuary 22, 2019 - 12:40pm
    October 14, 2018
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    Why college costs soared as more students enrolled
    Today's college students and recent alumni often look wistfully to the 1960s.
    news/educationOctober 14, 2018 - 7:00pm
    September 21, 2018
    North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani delivers his ninth State of the University address Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, at Festival Hall on campus. Tu-Uyen Tran / Forum News Service
    Facing shrinking budget, NDSU president calls for optimism
    FARGO — After weathering "unprecedented" cuts in state funding, being told to expect more cuts and now dealing with a serious enrollment...
    news/educationSeptember 21, 2018 - 8:02pm
    September 1, 2018
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    College students say they want a degree for a job. Are they getting what they want?
    College is increasingly seen by high school students as a means to an end: getting a job. Since the Great Recession, surveys of teenagers - and...
    news/educationSeptember 1, 2018 - 12:30pm
    August 25, 2018
    McFeely: Safety Hendricks takings snaps at QB for Bison, which might not be a good sign
    FARGO—Safety James Hendricks is getting some practice at quarterback for North Dakota State's football team, which might not be a good sign in the battle to be Easton Stick's backup. One of the burning questions facing NDSU's top-rated and defending national champions is an...
    sports/footballAugust 25, 2018 - 2:22pm
    August 21, 2018
    The University of Maryland athletic director Damon Evans speaks at a press conference in The Hotel at the University of Maryland addressing the death of Jordan McNair, a University of Maryland offensive lineman who died following a preseason workout in College Park. McNair collapsed May 29 during a conditioning test and died two weeks later from heatstroke. Camille Fine-USA TODAY
    Commentary: Prehistoric college football coaches are killing players. It's past time to stop them.
    Heatstroke didn't kill Jordan McNair, the berserk excesses of coach DJ Durkin and his staff did. No amount of "honoring" McNair can pretty up...
    opinion/columnsAugust 21, 2018 - 3:00pm
    August 5, 2018
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    Despite strong economy, worrying financial signs for higher education
    Earlham College in Indiana might lack a national brand name, but as Rick Seltzer pointed out in the online publication Inside Higher Ed recently,...
    newsAugust 5, 2018 - 6:00pm
    August 2, 2018
    James Madison Dukes quarterback Bryan Schor (17) scrambles away from North Dakota State Bison defensive end Caleb Butler (95) in the first quarter at Toyota Stadium on Jan. 6, 2018. Tim Heitman / USA TODAY Sports
    McFeely: Persistence key to James Madison scheduling FBS teams; NDSU can only wait
    FARGO — If James Madison of the Football Championship Subdivision has a secret sauce for scheduling an FBS opponent, the Dukes aren't sharing....
    sports/footballAugust 2, 2018 - 7:59pm
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    Donors give $102,000 to gay valedictorian who couldn't afford college after clashing with his parents
    On paper, everything was going well for Seth Owen. A valedictorian of a high school in Jacksonville, Florida, with a 4.16 grade-point average,...
    lifestyle/familyAugust 2, 2018 - 8:42am
    May 30, 2018
    A worker collects shopping carts at a Walmart in Secaucus, N.J., March 14, 2018. Joining a growing list of companies that are helping employees pay for higher education as a perk in a tight labor market, Walmart announced on May 30 that it would begin offering subsidized tuition toward business or supply chain management degrees for its 1.4 million workers in the United States. (Andres Kudack/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Walmart to offer employees a college education for $1 a day
    Walmart, the country's largest private employer, announced Wednesday that it will pay for its workers to go back to school - as long as they...
    news/educationMay 30, 2018 - 2:14pm
    May 19, 2018
    North Dakota State's Jacquelyn Sertic delivers a pitch during Saturday's NCAA Regional softball tournament game against Arizona. Rick Scuteri / NDSU Athletics
    Host Arizona shuts out Bison in NCAA softball regional
    TUCSON, Ariz.—North Dakota State right-hander Jacquelyn Sertic fought her way through trouble early Saturday, May 19, before host and No....
    sports/softballMay 19, 2018 - 10:53pm
    May 7, 2018
    Commentary: The financial forecast for colleges is gloomy - how can they weather the storm?
    As another academic year winds down on campuses nationwide, the news about the financial underpinning of colleges and universities keeps getting worse. Two studies out in the past week show that key revenue sources at public and private universities continue to shrink without any...
    opinion/columnsMay 7, 2018 - 11:16am
    May 4, 2018
    The campus of the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton. Special to The Forum.
    Audit to examine complaints involving finances at North Dakota State College of Science
    FARGO—Higher education leaders voted to hire an independent audit firm to review complaints concerning finances, space utilization and...
    news/educationMay 4, 2018 - 7:16pm
    April 3, 2018
    Bison baseball grinding on the road while waiting for weather to improve
    FARGO—North Dakota State isn't alone in its baseball scheduling misery this spring. The poor weather that has hampered a good chunk of...
    sports/baseballApril 3, 2018 - 6:13pm
    March 21, 2018
    A University of Wisconsin campus pushes plan to drop 13 majors, including English, history and philosophy
    The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point has proposed dropping 13 majors in the humanities and social sciences - including English, philosophy,...
    news/educationMarch 21, 2018 - 3:13pm
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