Columbia Heads to Summer Break With Reputation Scarred by Tumult
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Columbia University is typically one of the most popular schools among Leelila Strogov's clients. But this year, the head of New York-based college counseling company AtomicMind says applications plunged.
To her, the issue is simple: Parents paying nearly $100,000 a year want to know their kids will be able to go to college uninterrupted, without worrying about protests and libraries being taken over.
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