universities

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What many families don’t realize is that paying tuition directly to universities may carry zero gift-tax consequences under current tax law.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

A coalition of states had challenged the fee, arguing it hurt their ability to staff publicly run universities, schools and healthcare systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

However, statistics published by the government's own workforce planning group show that for the past nine years, universities have consistently recruited too many primary teachers and not enough secondary teachers in most subjects.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

One might assume that if these bias response teams were so insidious and widespread, there would be other cases in which students had been unfairly targeted by public universities, providing a clearer instance for standing.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Namely, why would one of the country’s most academically challenging universities accept me, an applicant whose GPA is probably lower than most, when so many better qualified candidates—at least on paper—have been turned away?

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz