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Meredith Kolodner

Meredith Kolodner is a staff writer. She previously covered schools for the New York Daily News and was an editor at InsideSchools.org and for The Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute. She’s also covered housing, schools, and local government for the Press of Atlantic City and The Chief-Leader newspaper and her work has appeared in the New York Times and the American Prospect. Kolodner is a graduate of Brown University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and an active New York City public school parent.

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How Companies You’ve Never Heard of Help For-Profit Colleges Stay in Business

by Sarah Butrymowicz and Meredith Kolodner November 15, 2021January 12, 2022

Inside the shadowy world of tuition financing firms that are putting America’s students into massive debt.

City University of New York
Posted inEducation, Higher Education

Wealthy Students are Pushing Out Low-Income Students at Top Public Universities

by Meredith Kolodner October 27, 2017January 9, 2022
Posted inEducation, Higher Education

New Study Shows More Degrees Earned at Colleges and Universities That Serve Minorities

by Meredith Kolodner July 21, 2017January 9, 2022
Posted inEducation, K-12

Refugees Can Choose a Separate High School in this Kentucky Town

by Meredith Kolodner May 5, 2017January 9, 2022
Posted inEducation, Higher Education

For-Profit Colleges Stay Quietly on Offense

by Meredith Kolodner October 14, 2016January 9, 2022
Posted inEducation, Higher Education

Under Pressure, Groups that Assess Colleges Promise to take a Closer Look at Graduation Rates

by Meredith Kolodner September 22, 2016January 9, 2022
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Posted inEducation, Higher Education

Democrats Want to Open More Doors to College, But Can Their Plan Get More Students to the Finish Line?

by Meredith Kolodner July 25, 2016January 9, 2022
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Posted inEducation, Higher Education

Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Could Change College Admissions Nationally

by Meredith Kolodner June 24, 2016January 9, 2022
Posted inEducation, Higher Education

What Happens When a College Recruits Black Students Others Consider Too Risky?

by Meredith Kolodner May 23, 2016January 9, 2022
Posted inEducation, Higher Education

Students on the Autism Spectrum are Often as Smart as Their Peers — So Why Do So Few go to College?

by Meredith Kolodner May 2, 2016January 9, 2022

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