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By Jacquelyn Elias

Over the past decade, student-loan debt has ballooned to an unprecedented size. What does the data say about who holds America’s $1.5-trillion student-loan debt? (PREMIUM)

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Personal Finance
By Don Troop, Bennett Leckrone, and Danielle McLean

College debt in the United States doubled, to $1.5 trillion, in the decade following the Great Recession. Whether that’s a problem depends on your perspective. (PREMIUM)

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In response to the outbreak of Covid-19, colleges are canceling study-abroad programs, academic associations are postponing conferences, and administrators are planning for long-term disruption.

Teaching
By Beckie Supiano

A new book challenges professors to see their students — and colleges to see teaching — with new eyes. (PREMIUM)

Leadership & Governance
By Audrey Williams June

It’s fund raising, and presidents agree on its centrality to their duties. (PREMIUM)

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Instead of forcing Ph.D.s to relocate for a new postdoc, consider allowing them to work from their chosen hometown.

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Scientists often rely on informal networking to admit doctoral students and hire postdocs. But those methods help keep women and people of color out of the pipeline.

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The New Jersey Institute of Technology has developed a cell- and gene-therapy professional science master’s degree program to meet growing demands from the biopharmaceutical industry.

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