5/24/2019: Billionaire pledges to pay off student loan debt for Morehouse College class of 2019 - Claude Monet’s Meules sells for $110.7 million at auction

Today's Article: Billionaire pledges to pay off student loan debt for Morehouse College class of 2019
From: USA Today
Readability Score: 13.1

Students at Morehouse College won't soon forget their speaker: Mr. Robert Smith pledged $40 million to the school in order to pay off their debt! Why would he do that? Why do college students have so much debt in the first place?

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Today's Alternate Article: Claude Monet’s Meules sells for $110.7 million at auction
Readability Score: 10.2

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