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“Colleges Spend Like There’s No Tomorrow” — But On What?
In the US, public universities are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day and getting students to foot the bill. College costs have soared past the inflation rate, while the nation’s student loan debt is over $1.7 trillion. Melissa Korn, higher education reporter at the Wall Street Journal, investigated the spending of 50 flagship universities. She joins the show to discuss her findings.
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Walter Isaacson; Jeremy Diamond; Ali al-Samoudi; Sir David Attenborough; Sherrie Rollins Westin