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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Universities Are Sliding Into Decline]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/08/17/us-higher-education-decline-chinese-universities/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Marcus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[U.S. colleges are losing their edge as cuts, high costs, fewer international students, and departing scholars weaken American universities.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Colleges Are Going Out of Business]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/why-colleges-are-going-out-of-business/ar-AA21HjWo</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Marcus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Higher education is in crisis. Last week, Hampshire College '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a private liberal arts school in Amherst, Massachusetts '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' announced it will shut down after the fall 2026 semester.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Higher Ed: Surprising Bipartisan Reforms Bloom]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/03/11/higher-education-reforms-student-loans-and-accountability/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Marcus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New rules on student loans and borrowing could rein in tuition growth and bring accountability to colleges for programs with poor returns.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Americans Are Increasingly Dubious About Going to College]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/americans-are-increasingly-dubious-going-college-rcna40935</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jon Marcus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even as freshmen nervously arrive on campus for the fall semester, policymakers are grappling with what they say has become an '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'alarming'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' decline in the number of high school graduates willing to invest the time and money it takes to go to college.]]></description>
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