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In a world focused on getting in, do you know what you’re getting into? College Uncovered, from GBH News in collaboration with The Hechinger Report, pulls back the ivy on American higher education, exposing the problems, pitfalls and risks — and helping you navigate them.
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The Harvard professor who lost her tenure (opens the original)
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Francesca Gino is the first professor in Harvard University’s long history to lose her tenure. The former Harvard Business School professor built a reputation studying honesty and dishonesty, decision-making and ethics, workplace dynamics and productivity. She became one of the most prominent researchers in her field, and, at one point, was the fifth highest-paid Harvard employee. Then, in 2021, behavioral scientists behind the blog Data Colada accused Gino of research misconduct. After a years-
Who should hold power over higher education? (opens the original)
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In July, the Trump administration’s sweeping overhaul of federal higher education policy and financing took effect. The changes touch nearly every part of the sector, from who can afford graduate school to who decides which scientific discoveries receive billions of dollars in taxpayer funding. Supporters say Washington is finally holding colleges accountable for their rising costs and pushing ideological agendas. Critics argue the federal government is taking control of decisions that have long
The colonial campus where it happened? Not exactly. (opens the original)
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The story of America’s founding comes with a familiar cast and setting: young white men in powdered wigs, animated by Enlightenment ideals, pacing college greens and tavern floors, debating liberty into existence. Colonial colleges emerge as engines of revolution – hotbeds of radical thought that helped give birth to the nation. It’s a compelling story. It’s also incomplete. In this special America 250 edition of College Uncovered , GBH’s Kirk Carapezza pulls back the ivy to reveal how America’s
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