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The 10 Highest Paid Private College Presidents

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 12.09.2012 | College

-- Compensation for private college presidents has continued to drift upward, while the number crossing the $1 million barrier – a signal of pr...

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Syrian Dictator's Ex-Flack Finds New School In NYC

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 12.04.2012 | College

Sheherazad "Sherry" Jaafari, a 22-year-old former press aide for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is now studying at the New School in New York City ...

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What Every Kid Needs To Know Before Going Back To School

Glennon Melton | Posted 10.25.2012 | Parents

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We have The Talk with each child at the start of every school year. Our approach changes, but the story doesn't. The story is always about Adam.

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The Looming Retirement Crisis and What to Do About It

Robert Teitelman | Posted 07.24.2012 | Business

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Your expenses (beyond health care, which is a big issue) decrease in time as energies flag. You don't have college costs; your food bill declines. Why does this matter?

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Occupy Wall Street: "The No Kidding Around Moment"

Monika Mitchell | Posted 01.15.2012 | Business

Americans, no matter what side of the question they are on, appreciate freedom of speech and the right to actively dissent. Any obstruction of these will only create more sympathy for those who were forcibly removed from what has been renamed by Occupiers as Liberty Square.

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The Greatest Poetry Reading Ever?

Steve Heilig | Posted 01.02.2012 | Books

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Walt Whitman's legendary epic poem "Song of Myself" first appeared in 1855, self-published in Brooklyn by the then-unknown journalist and walker, who was 37 years old at the time.

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Sexual Assaults Underreported At The New School

New School Free Press | Posted 06.22.2011 | College

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On April 4, the Obama administration introduced comprehensive guidelines to help colleges and universities do a better job of preventing and respondin...

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Feminism Resurrected At New School

New School Free Press | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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"So, what is feminism?" a discussion leader asked. The five women and one man in the group quickly looked down at the white paper-covered table. Stu...

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Student Loan Debt Traps Grads In Dead-End Jobs

New School Free Press | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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College comes with myopic demands -- to pick the right school, to take challenging and rewarding classes, to make connections. What will graduation br...

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James Frey and the Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts

Seth Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

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James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces, is again facing scrutiny for a publishing venture -- a scandal that emphasizes the wide gulf between younger and older literary artists.

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Culture Zohn: Louise Bourgeois, Spiderwoman

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

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The French-born but American-in-spirit artist died on May 31 at 98. Her spiders show simultaneous arachno-grace and arachno-fierceness. Her work and person both expressed this artful duality.

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Dave Eggers Proves Print Is Not Dead

Alex Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

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[Dave Eggers'] Panorama was done as an homage to the traditional newspaper and a demonstration of the potential that the form holds for creativity and compelling storytelling.

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Code Orange And June Bugs

Rochelle Lefkowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

It's June, that month more or less identified with weddings -- and Rainbow Pride -- and we seem to have been busily courting a new generation to embrace gay marriage.

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