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Paul Tough

Business

What College Admissions Offices Really Want

Elite schools say they’re looking for academic excellence and diversity. But their thirst for tuition revenue means that wealth trumps all.

Paul Tough New York Times Magazine Sep 2019 Permalink

Who Gets to Graduate?

Rich students complete their college degrees; working-class students usually don’t. How one school is trying to intervene.

Paul Tough New York Times Magazine May 2014 35min Permalink

A Speck in the Sea

John Aldridge fell overboard in the middle of the night, 40 miles from shore, and the Coast Guard was looking in the wrong place. How did he survive?

Paul Tough New York Times Magazine Jan 2014 30min Permalink

Politics

Obama vs. Poverty

As a young community organizer in Chicago, Barack Obama concluded that to make a real difference, he needed to gain power. A look at how that plan has worked thus far.

Paul Tough New York Times Magazine Aug 2012 Permalink