Education

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Elite University Coffers Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris brushed off concerns this week about how she plans to pay for her $315 billion plan to beef up teacher pay, a proposal that calls for a $13,500 raise per teacher. (Associated Press)

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Stanford University is one of eight universities that received a letter from the Department of Education that an investigation into compliance with federal financial aid regulations was underway. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2018 file photo, mourners bring flowers as they pay tribute at a memorial for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla. The community of Parkland, Florida, is focusing on suicide prevention programs after two survivors of the Florida high school massacre there killed themselves this month. Parkland Mayor Christine Hunschofsky said Monday, March 25, 2019, that officials are publicizing the available counseling services after a second Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student apparently killed himself over the weekend. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP, File)

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Illustration on free speech suppression on U.S. campuses by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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An entrance to the main Duke University campus is seen in Durham, N.C., Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. The University's medical school has issued an apology and launched a review after an administrator admonished students over speaking Chinese in a school building. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Kumail Nanjiani was born in Karachi, Pakistan. At 18, he moved to the U.S and attended Grinnell College in Iowa. He became an American citizen in 2001

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Illustration on the decline of U.S. Universities by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Sydney Aiello, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, took her own life over the weekend, her family said Friday. She was 19. (GoFundMe)

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Ty Thompson, the principal of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, throws a ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Pittsburgh Pirates, Sunday, April 15, 2018, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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Illustration on President Trump's harshness by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency

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Illustration on the need for newly-founded universities by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Illustration on student debt by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency

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Ted Koppel discusses modern journalism at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 7, 2019. (Image: YouTube, Pulitzer Center video screenshot)

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The Houston Public Library has apologized after failing to run a background check on a drag queen and child sex offender who participated in Drag Queen Storytime last year. (ABC 13)

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Illustration on the college bribery scandal by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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A map displayed during a Georgia middle school's "Multicultural Night" that replaced the entire state of Israel with Palestine has drawn condemnation from parents and the school district. (11 Alive)