At a time when students and parents are questioning the costs and benefits of a college degree, it’s worth remembering two things: that a good education is priceless, and some colleges, like Brooklyn, remain absolute bargains. These facts are of particular importance right now as high school students are applying to college.It’s easy to see why many people think the promise of higher education is broken. Every year, wealthy parents enhance their children’s chances of being admitted to the most exclusive institutions by hiring admissions consultants, essay-writing coaches, and SAT prep tutors. Well-informed and well-off parents thereby try to game the college admissions system.At the same time, there is great concern about the high cost of college today. Tuition has skyrocketed over the last two decades, growing at twice the speed of inflation. If a student lives on campus, the average total cost for four years of attendance for a bachelor’s degree is about $100,000 at public colleges and $225,000 at private colleges. The rich need not worry, of course, but others are left wondering whether college is worth the investment as they ponder the debt it creates.This is not the case, however, at Brooklyn College, one of 25 campuses at the City University of New York (CUNY). High school students enrolling here are often the first in their families to attend college. They and their parents are not looking to game the system—they are looking for opportunities to move ahead in life,... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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The Associated Press has won a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography for images made during India’s clampdown on Kashmir Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2020-05-04 19:47:25 UTC ]
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The 2020 Pulitzer Prize winners in 15 Journalism and seven Book, Drama and Music categories were announced on Monday, May 4 at Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-05-04 19:36:09 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prize–winning poet and former poet laureate Natasha Trethewey’s memoir tells a tragic and inspiring story that shaped her life and work. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Pulitzer Prize Board has postponed the announcement of the winners of the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-04-08 18:50:06 UTC ]
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The Pulitzer Prize Board has decided to postpone the 2020 award winners’ announcement. Originally scheduled for Monday, April 20, 2020, Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-04-07 20:59:16 UTC ]
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Just when you thought the cruelest month couldn’t get any crueler, the Pulitzer Prize Board has only gone and decided to postpone the most anticipated announcement in American letters . . . by two weeks. Originally scheduled for Monday, April 20, the Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama, and Music... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-07 19:29:50 UTC ]
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In 1981, A Confederacy of Dunces by the late John Kennedy Toole won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction—a rare honor for a work of humor. That must have been about when my stepmother started reading the book. I was five years old, and didn’t know how to read yet. I also didn’t know the sad […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-07 08:48:16 UTC ]
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Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud | LARB Editor-in-Chief Tom Lutz is joined by author and USC Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Sympathizer, at a recent LARB Luminary Dinner. Viet begins by talking about about his family’s... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-01-27 20:01:38 UTC ]
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Over the years, Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald has made more than a few enemies. What some of his fans and supporters see as a crusade for truth and justice can strike others—including those who become the targets of his journalistic crusades—as needlessly hostile and potentially biased.... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-01-22 12:45:02 UTC ]
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This week, we highlight a writing guide from Chuck Palahniuk; a candid and fascinating portrait of young American masculinity from Peggy Orenstein; a ruminative, endlessly clever book, Pulitzer Prize–winner Robert Hass; and a whole lot more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Journalism entry site is now open for the 2020 cycle. As entrants begin to take stock of their eligible Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-12-18 15:50:38 UTC ]
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Something to look forward to in 2020: the Pulitzer Prize Board has announced a new experimental category, Audio Reporting. “The renaissance of audio journalism in recent years has given rise to an extraordinary array of non-fiction storytelling,” says Pulitzer Administrator Dana Canedy. (Hello,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-06 21:11:10 UTC ]
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Podcasts like S-Town, Serial and Believed aren't just enthralling, they're also great examples of hard-hitting, in-depth reporting. With that in mind, the Pulitzer Prize Board is adding a new journalism prize category for audio reporting. Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-12-06 17:44:00 UTC ]
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The Pulitzer Prize Board today announces a new Journalism prize category for the 2020 prize cycle: Audio Reporting. “The renaissance Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-12-06 15:53:37 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_162357" align="alignright" width="150"] Catherine Levene[/caption] On Monday, Meredith Corp. announced a series of expanded leadership roles within its national media division. The president of Meredith Digital, Catherine Levene, who succeeded Stan Pavolvsky in that... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-11-21 17:20:43 UTC ]
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New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist S.C. Gwynne shares the secret to a high-quality nonfiction writing: spending time on an outline. The post Why Outlining Is Writing by S.C. Gwynne appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-10-29 12:00:20 UTC ]
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John Steinbeck, who won both a Pulitzer Prize (in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath) and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, died 51 years ago, and yet he is still making news. Last month, the Los Angeles Times reported that legal squabbling over his literary estate had finally come to an end... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-21 08:49:16 UTC ]
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Elizabeth Strout, who won the Pulitzer Prize for “Olive Kitteridge,” has written a sequel, “Olive, Again.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-15 14:23:19 UTC ]
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A historian, he was asked by the paper to judge whether a correspondent’s Pulitzer Prize should be revoked because of biased reporting. He said it should be. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-09-19 21:57:30 UTC ]
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Staffers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette were surprised to learn April 15 that, along with the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news, Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-09-06 14:54:26 UTC ]
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