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The Greenway Institute is taking over a former college campus in Vermont's capital city of Montpelier.

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  • Education

A makeover for college: No gym, no meal plan and two years of work

A new model in Vermont emphasizes hands-on learning while stripping away frills like gyms and meal plans that increase costs. Other newly created institutions are also reimagining college.

September 02, 2026
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  • Jon Marcus

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  • Education

How the Trump administration's new rules could affect international students

International students could once stay as long as they needed to complete their college degrees, but that's changing, and the restrictions could cut into college budgets.

July 20, 2026
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny and
  • Janet W. Lee
Admitted students and their families, including some from rural areas, take a tour of the Amherst College campus as they decide whether or not to enroll. <br>

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  • Education

Colleges got more rural students to apply. The challenge is getting them to attend

Some of the nation's most selective institutions are slowly increasing their rural enrollment with the help of millions of dollars from a rural alumnus of the University of Chicago.

May 16, 2026
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By:
  • Jon Marcus
Colby McCaskill (right) is the grand prize winner of the NPR College Podcast Challenge. His<em> </em>entry features his grandparents Kathy and Dick McCaskill (left) and discusses her dementia, something Colby had been scared to confront.

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  • Education

Making a podcast helped one family talk about aging, dementia and death

This year's winner in NPR's College Podcast Challenge is a letter to a grandparent that grapples with health issues including dementia. It's the story of a family learning to talk about hard things.

May 07, 2026
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  • Elissa Nadworny and
  • Janet W. Lee

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  • Education

March (Audio) Madness! Here are the finalists in NPR's College Podcast Challenge

From 75 campuses across 35 states, we've listened to hundreds of student entries to select the very best for NPR's College Podcast Challenge.

March 05, 2026
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By:
  • Steve Drummond and
  • Janet W. Lee
On March 10, a member of civil defense canine unit searches for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the prior week.

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  • World

What we know about the search for a U.S. student missing in the Dominican Republic

Sudiksha Konanki is a Virginia resident and a student at the University of Pittsburgh. She was vacationing in Punta Cana with five others when she went missing last week.

March 12, 2025
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
 New investigations by the U.S. Government Accountability Office offer the fullest picture yet of why the revamped FAFSA had such a troubled launch.

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  • Education

Watchdog sheds light on FAFSA fiasco, from a birthday bug to call center failures

A new review and testimony from investigators with the U.S. Government Accountability Office offer the clearest picture yet of the aid form’s troubled rollout.

September 25, 2024
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  • Cory Turner
This photo provided by Orange County Sheriff's Office shows Miya Marcano in Orlando, Fla. The sheriff's office says she disappeared Friday shortly after 27-year-old maintenance worker Armando Caballero was seen letting himself into her apartment with a master key.

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  • National

FBI joins the search for missing Florida college student Miya Marcano

Law enforcement agencies across Florida say they are also working around the clock regarding Marcano's disappearance. She was last seen on Sept. 24.

October 01, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
A college student charged in the Jan. 6 riot "openly posted calls for America to become a whites-only nation," according to the FBI. Who was he on campus?

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  • Investigations

UCLA Student Charged In Capitol Riot Took Inspiration From Online Extremist

A college student charged in the U.S. Capitol riot was known on campus for his far-right views, which were nurtured by an online extremist. How do colleges confront extremism in their midst?

March 15, 2021
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
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