NEWS ANALYSIS

Why Colleges Can't Shake the Feds

By PAUL FAIN

Congress is cranky about how colleges spend money.

Over the last three years, regulation-minded lawmakers have investigated university endowments, intercollegiate athletics, and presidential pay.

But that grilling has largely ceased. A presidential election has dulled legislative ambitions, and Congress has...

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