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Online And Isolated, College Students Struggle With Eating Disorders

By Murrow News - Lauren Petri April 9, 2021

PULLMAN, Wash. — Sam, a 20-year-old, hoped her struggle with anorexia and bulimia might be behind her. Then the coronavirus hit. “It was really depressing coming home for me,” said Sam, who moved back home with her parents in Petaluma, California while attending virtual classes at Washington State University last fall. “I just have kind… Read More

Supreme Court Weighs Whether NCAA Is Illegally ‘Fixing’ Athlete Compensation

By NPR News March 31, 2021

As March Madness heads into its final days, college athletes are playing on a different kind of court: the Supreme Court. On Wednesday the justices heard arguments in a case testing whether the NCAA's limits on compensation for student athletes violate the nation's antitrust laws. Read More

5 Things Every Family Should Know About Paying For College

By NPR News February 17, 2021

Book cover - The Price you pay for College by Ron Lieber

For many families, paying for college is one of the biggest financial decisions they'll make. College tuition is the highest it's ever been — and the financial aid process is anything but clear. American journalist Ron Lieber's new book, The Price You Pay for College aims to take the black box of college financials and, "turn it lighter and lighter shades of gray." Read More

Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn’t Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants

By NPR News November 12, 2020

In 2014, an advocacy group first filed a lawsuit, saying that Harvard's race-based considerations for applicants discriminated against Asian American students in process. CREDIT: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Continue Reading Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn’t Discriminate Against Asian Read More

Congress Gave Colleges A $14 Billion Lifeline. Here’s Where It’s Going

By NPR News May 18, 2020

Like so many sectors of the economy, higher education is taking a big hit from the pandemic. The U.S. Department of Education has so far distributed more than $10 billion in relief funds to colleges. Continue Reading Congress Gave Colleges A Read More

6 Ways College Might Look Different In The Fall

By NPR News May 5, 2020

Colleges have been careful to leave the door open on their plans for the fall semester. Most experts say it will be anything but normal. Here's a sampling of how it could look. Continue Reading 6 Ways College Might Look Different In The FallRead More

Judge Hands Down Harshest Penalty Yet From College Admissions Scandal

By NPR News February 8, 2020

Douglas Hodge, shown in October 2019, outside the federal courthouse in Boston, has been sentenced to nine months in prison. CREDIT: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Prosecutors told the court that they considered Douglas Hodge, the ex-CEO of PIMCO, among the "most culpable" of the parents charged. He has been sentenced to nine months in prison. Continue Reading Judge Hands Down Harshest Penalty Yet Read More

Life Imitates Art: Dystopian High School Musical Foresaw The College Admissions Scandal

By NPR News April 13, 2019

Students perform in Granite Bay High School's original production of Ranked. Yarcenia Garcia/Courtesy of Granite Bay High School

A California high school is staging an original musical called Ranked, set in a world where class rank means everything, and some parents are willing to pay for their student to get a better spot. Continue Reading Read More

White Nationalist Groups Increase Recruiting And Propaganda Across Western U.S.

By NPR News March 19, 2019

Mohan Sudabattula, a senior at the University of Utah, shows posters he found on campus from the white nationalist group Patriot Front. CREDIT: NATE HEGYI/KUER

Authorities are looking into whether the suspect in last week's terror attack on two mosques in New Zealand was inspired by an emerging, European-based breed of white nationalism. The identitarian movement, formed in France in 2016, broadly believes that white people in Europe and North America are being displaced by non-European immigrants. Read More

U.S. Charges Dozens Of Parents, Coaches In Massive College Admissions Scandal

By NPR News March 12, 2019

A composite photo shows Lori Loughlin (left) and Felicity Huffman — two actresses charged in what the Justice Department says is a massive cheating scheme that rigged admissions to elite universities. CREDIT: AP

Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among 33 parents who paid large sums of money to cheat admissions standards at prestigious schools, federal prosecutors say. Continue Reading U.S. Charges Dozens Of Parents, Coaches Read More

Washington State Lawmakers Want You To Save For College — And They’re Willing To Help

By Max Wasserman February 6, 2019

In this 2013 photo, University of Washington sophomore Megan Herndon, of Kailua, Hawaii, stands on a bench as she leads high school students on a tour of the campus in Seattle. CREDIT: ELAINE THOMPSON/AP

Drastic increases to the cost of college have discouraged many families from saving for their child’s tuition — or even thinking of it as a possibility. But some state lawmakers think that could change for as little as $100. Read More

Washington State Lawmakers Want To Save Seat At Budget Table For Free College

By Max Wasserman January 23, 2019

The Legislative Building on the opening day of the 2019 session. Lawmakers want to make financial aid for higher education an entitlement. CREDIT: TED S. WARREN / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The question hanging over the Washington state Legislature this winter isn’t so much what laws will pass, but how they’ll be funded. Continue Reading Washington State Lawmakers Want To Save Seat At Budget Table For Free Read More

In One Generation, A Farmworker Family Grows College Ambitions

By NPR News September 2, 2018

For as long as he can remember, Angel Benavides, 14, has missed the beginning of the school year in Texas because his parents, Juan and Aracely Benavides, work in North Dakota until the harvest is through. CREDIT: ELISSA NADWORNY

For as long as he can remember, Angel has missed the beginning of the school year in Texas because his family stays in North Dakota through the harvest. It's weather-dependent, so there's no hard end; all Angel knows is they'll head home to Texas sometime in October or November. Read More

WSU Coach Leach Bans Players from Tweeting

By Sueann Ramella October 24, 2012

Washington State University Football Coach Mike Leach WSU ATHLETICS By Joe Utter and Adam Lewis Washington State University Coach Mike Leach banned players from using Twitter on Tuesday evening after a series of messages on the social media website was brought to his attention. “Twitter is now banned around here so don’t expect anything… Read More

Insurer Fined For Charging Wash. Students Incorrect Rates

By Sueann Ramella January 26, 2012

Washington State University students were among those charged incorrect rates by Unicare Life and Health Insurance. PUBLIC DOMAIN / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington state insurance commissioner has fined an Indiana company $100,000 for charging Washington college students the wrong rates. Unicare Life and Health Insurance sold over 8,000 insurance Read More