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March 20, 2013 4:48 PM | 1 Comment
MetroFocus reports on the debate over raising the minimum wage, we talk about our Five Borough Ballot reporting project on the mayoral election, some famous cheesecake by upstate nuns, and much more...VIDEO
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Menglin Huang  |  August 6, 2012 4:00 AM | 1 Comment
The city is helping Columbia open a new campus by offsetting some energy costs, a practice that is more common than you might think.
This rendering shows how NYU intends to expand in Greenwich Village by 2031. The school says it needs to grow to survive, but many neighbors say the plan will overwhelm their historic neighborhood. Image courtesy of New York University.
John Farley  |  March 29, 2012 4:00 AM | Updated: March 29, 2012 10:56 AM | Comments
Community leaders and urban planners discuss the expansion at a public panel at Municipal Art Society.VIDEO
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John Farley  |  March 19, 2012 4:00 AM | 1 Comment

A new reports says the city’s design schools are growing. But according to designers, students need more business know-how.

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Real estate holdings of New York's key players in high education, which is a potent force of development across the city, now and in the future.
Mitchell L. Moss for The Architect's Newspaper  |  August 4, 2011 9:27 AM | 1 Comment
Allthough New York is not known as a college town, the city has used higher education as a potent force for economic development.
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July 6, 2011 10:00 PM | Comments
New York is a college town with sprawling campuses rivaling anything in Boston or beyond.
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