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New Vanderbilt housing requires income students don't make

Inside Higher Ed

Her first living situation, a house that she found through a friend of a friend of her aunt, was only 5.5 Schaaf’s struggle to find decent housing on a graduate student stipend is unusual neither for Vanderbilt’s graduate students nor for graduate students in cities across the United States.

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Why some institutions can afford to market opaque sticker prices

University Business

New York University, Tufts University, the University of Pennsylvania, Yale, and Vanderbilt are inching ever closer to the $100,000 price tag , which may shock a public already disdainful of higher education’s high costs. “They represent the pinnacle of social status, offering an incomparable educational experience.”

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Penn Convocation Interrupted by 'Penntrification' Protesters

Inside Higher Ed

Upset about the looming eviction of residents in a nearby affordable housing complex, protesters descended on Monday’s convocation at the University of Pennsylvania, interrupting President Liz Magill and accusing Penn of gentrifying neighborhoods near campus—or “Penntrification,” as they called it. Hide by line?:

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Temple President to Live Alongside Students

Inside Higher Ed

Amid the ongoing safety concerns of students and parents, President Jason Wingard and his family are moving from Chestnut Hill to a university-owned house a block away from campus. Ad keywords: administrators Editorial Tags: guns Public Safety Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?

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Overcrowded Middlebury Will Pay Students to Take Time Off - Johanna Alonso, Inside Higher Ed

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Middlebury lacks sufficient housing for all the students planning to attend this fall. The $10,000 price tag was chosen because it is close to the price of a semester’s room and board at Middlebury. After exhausting other options, the college plans to pay 30 students $10,000 each to stay away.

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Housing scholarship aids underrepresented students

Inside Higher Ed

Through the Fordham Housing Fund, selected upper-level commuter students at the university have the chance to experience on-campus living—for free. What’s the need: The Fordham Housing Fund is specifically for students in the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program ( CSTEP ).

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Man Pretended to Be Stanford Student for 10 Months

Inside Higher Ed

Stanford University officials removed a man from the basement of a campus housing unit last week, The Los Angeles Times reported. " Ad keywords: studentaffairs Editorial Tags: Live Updates Is this diversity newsletter?: William Curry, from Birmingham, Ala., Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: