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Why your ZIP code determines your student debt

Why your ZIP code determines your student debt

The geographic lottery of loan forgiveness that can save you $100K+ just by moving states

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America's college savings accounts just admitted college isn't worth it

America's college savings accounts just admitted college isn't worth it

How Trump's budget bill quietly transforms 529 plans into the government's first official endorsement that welding beats Harvard

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The most expensive personality test in America costs $300k

The most expensive personality test in America costs $300k

Inside the college admissions scoring system that measures "likability" and somehow always reaches the same conclusion about Asian applicants

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Why colleges price like airlines (but somehow get away with charging more)

Why colleges price like airlines (but somehow get away with charging more)

How America's $750B education industry perfected the art of pricing opacity—and why a 54% "discount" is actually the norm

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The $600K asset accountants refuse to count

The $600K asset accountants refuse to count

How college grads are secretly wealthier than their bank statements suggest

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Why recessions are MBA programs' favorite time of year

Why recessions are MBA programs' favorite time of year

How business schools turned economic downturns into their biggest sales pitch

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The $120K job offer your kid already has

The $120K job offer your kid already has

How helicopter parents turned nepotism into a business strategy

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Why America's richest parents chose crime over creativity

Why America's richest parents chose crime over creativity

The psychological economics of a $400K bribery scheme

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Why your kid's professor drives a nicer car than you do

Why your kid's professor drives a nicer car than you do

The hidden economics of academic side hustles and $16M vacation homes

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How fear and shame became America's best college counselors

How fear and shame became America's best college counselors

The $200K guilt trip that's actually good financial advice

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Why America's priciest universities keep cranking out socialists

Why America's priciest universities keep cranking out socialists

The counterintuitive economics of expensive education and progressive politics

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Why the most expensive colleges have the worst teachers

Why the most expensive colleges have the worst teachers

Inside the $84K degree where Nobel Prize winners can't explain calculus

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