No More Drama

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Dear Friday,

Be kind.

Love, Me

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theatlantic:

Does It Matter Where You Go to College?

Meet Ben. He’s a high school senior from a middle class family in Massachusettes who is choosing where to attend college next year. He’s down to two schools: prestigious Boston College, or the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, his state’s top public campus. Even with the generous financial aid package from BC, he would still graduate with a big mound of loans. UMass, meanwhile, would be more than $15,000 a year cheaper.
Which should Ben pick? Prestige or price?
With the cost of higher education climbing every year, and student debt surpassing $1 trillion, more and more young people will have to decide whether to make that trade-off. It begs the question: Does it really pay to go to an elite university, financially speaking? Researchers have been investigating this issue since at least the 1980s. And their findings tend to show that when it comes to future earnings, where you go to college counts.
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Does It Matter Where You Go to College?

Meet Ben. He’s a high school senior from a middle class family in Massachusettes who is choosing where to attend college next year. He’s down to two schools: prestigious Boston College, or the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, his state’s top public campus. Even with the generous financial aid package from BC, he would still graduate with a big mound of loans. UMass, meanwhile, would be more than $15,000 a year cheaper.

Which should Ben pick? Prestige or price?

With the cost of higher education climbing every year, and student debt surpassing $1 trillion, more and more young people will have to decide whether to make that trade-off. It begs the question: Does it really pay to go to an elite university, financially speaking? Researchers have been investigating this issue since at least the 1980s. And their findings tend to show that when it comes to future earnings, where you go to college counts.

Read more.

(via npr)

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youmightfindyourself:

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nybg:

The water lilies in the Conservatory Courtyard get ready for their star turn as part of #monetsgarden. www.nybg.org/monet (Taken with Instagram at Enid A. Haupt Conservatory)

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nypl:

We’re in love with these gorgeous covers!

ransomcenter:

Read the full article “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”: A children’s classic lives on though many editions and sequels.

First edition, second state of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (Chicago: George Hill, 1900).

Illustration from the first edition of of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (Chicago: George Hill, 1900).

“The Tin Woodman of Oz” by L. Frank Baum. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1918.

Leaf from the autograph manuscript of L. Frank Baum’s “The Tin Woodman of Oz,” 1918.

“Tik-Tok of Oz” by L. Frank Baum. Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1914.

“The Royal Book of Oz” by L. Frank Baum. 1921.

“Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz” by Ruth Plumly Thompson. 1929.

“Speedy in Oz” by Ruth Plumly Thompson. 1934.

“The Wishing Horse of Oz” by Ruth Plumly Thompson. 1935.

“Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz” by Ruth Plumly Thompson. 1939.