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The US has a growing demand for nurses. Yet nursing schools are turning away many qualified candidates.

Call it pass-fail-plus.

It was a dizzying week for news. A local TV station pulled back the curtain on the spending habits of two former CPS Energy honchos,...

They don’t always make sense. Are they working?

The University of California system just chucked standardized testing from its considerations. Will this actually fix the admissions process?

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"doomed: the politics of catastrophe." hes also the author of bloomberg where he wrote this piece "im helping to start a new college because higher ed is broken." doctor, thank you for joining me. at the university of austin, will critical race theory be taught? >> well, its one of the many things that students should be able to study. i think its extremely important to emphasize that were not trying to create an institution that indoctrinates. were not trying to create an institution that commi...

I just heard what you said, nikole hannah-jones, the 1619 project, you know the controversy recently at unc. would she be welcome at the university of austin? >> id certainly love to bring her and have a debate about whether this country originated in 1619 or 1776 with the declaration of independence. thats the kind of debate we want to have. there are invitations and no disinvitations for her. people have criticized and she has creditize criticized us al social media. >> that is a debate id lov...

Our nations universities as part of our behind the wall series. chinese students make up the largest share of international enrollment in american colleges and universities. in the 2019, 2020 school year there were 370,000 students from china enrolled in americas higher ed institutions. that makes up about 35% of all foreign attendees. now, that number is in sharp decline now due to issues from the global to the local keeping those students away. i want to bring in an nbc correspondent live outs...

What each other are going to wear and we show up on set and its oh, look, we are matching exactly this morning. pete: october uniform. will: two different reasons which we will explain throughout the show. pete: looking good. rachel: its pumpkin spice day. rachel: top white house officials head to the border as the crisis ramps up. but border czar kamala harris decided her time was better spent 2,000 miles away eating cupcakes. pete: nice. plus, mit becomes a cancel culture campus. why one profe...