In the build-up to the 2016 presidential election in the US, Bernie Sanders mobilized support from millions of young people by pledging to make college and university tuition free. Sanders may never have secured the Democratic nomination, but his dream of free tuition is a step closer to reality.

Earlier this month, New York announced it will become the first US state to offer free tuition at public universities through its new program of Excelsior scholarships. However, the news isn’t quite as positive as the headlines would suggest.

Yes, working and middle-class in-state residents will be able to study two-year and four-year courses at public universities for free, but this is far from the revolutionary change proposed by Sanders on the campaign trail.

Initially, the free tuition will be limited to students from families making less than $100,000 in 2017. This restriction will be raised to $110,000 in 2018 and $125,000 the year after, but other conditions will still need to be met. For example, you’ll need to be enrolled full-time and meet a certain GPA threshold throughout your time at university.

At least some students will be able to get through university without racking up debt though, right? Well, this free tuition plan can’t even guarantee that. As several researchers have pointed out, this plan does nothing to alleviate the other causes of student debt. According to the State University of New York, in-state costs to attend the college (excluding tuition and fees) can be as high as $16,570. This free tuition plan will do absolutely nothing to help students cover this cost.

Concerns have also been raised over the impact the offer of free tuition will have on the state’s private universities, which may now see a decline in applications by students from poorer backgrounds. This, in turn, could affect the diversity on campus at these universities or cause them to drastically re-think their fee structure.

Will you qualify for free tuition in New York?

To qualify for an Excelsior Scholarship this year, you must:

• Be an in-state resident
• Come from a family with total household income of $100,000 per year or less
• Be looking to enroll full-time at a public college or university
• Average 30 credits per year (including Summer and January semesters)
• Live and work in New York after graduation for the same number of years as you received the scholarship

Top public colleges and universities in New York

Not sure where you should study in New York? Here’s a breakdown of the best-performing public institutions in the state.

University at Buffalo SUNY

The State University of New York at Buffalo is a public research university and the highest-ranked public university in the state in the QS World University Rankings® 2016-2017. Ranked 342^nd in the world, the university is home to the largest state-operated medical school, dental school, education school, business school and engineering school.

It also has New York’s only state law school, architecture and urban planning school, and pharmacy school.

Worth considering if you’d like to study: Archaeology, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Medicine, Pharmacy and Pharmacology.

Stony Brook University

The State University of New York at Stony Brook is a sea-grant and space-grant research university and is ranked joint 390^th in the world in the latest QS World Rankings. More than 24,500 students are enrolled here and, in addition to achievements in research, the university has several successful sports teams.

Worth considering if you’d like to study: Physics and Astronomy.

City University of New York

CUNY is the largest urban university in the United States, with more than 270,000 degree-credit students and 208 nationalities represented by its student population. Ranked 501-550 in the most recent QS World Rankings, CUNY is composed of 27 different institutions, including CUNY Medical School and the New York City College of Technology.

Worth considering if you’d like to study: Accounting and Finance, Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Communication and Media Studies, Economics, Education, English Language and Literature, Environmental Sciences, Geography, History, Law, Linguistics, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology.

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随着复活节即将来临，本周充满了英勇人物的故事，无论是一名印度医学生在火车上帮助妇女分娩，还是一位勇敢的穆斯林妇女面对她所在城市的法西斯抗议者。当然，我们也有我们的恶棍，从可预测的（白宫新闻发言人肖恩·斯派塞）到令人震惊的（看着你，联合航空）。

以下是本周我们喜欢和讨厌的人。

英雄

Vipin Khadse在印度，一位冷静的大四医学生，正在接受外科医生培训，帮助一名妇女在前往那格浦尔的火车上分娩了一个男孩。24岁的Vipin Khadse在一个WhatsApp群组中寻求了高级医生的指导，这对于这次分娩来说非常重要，因为这次分娩被证明是特别困难的。婴儿的肩膀首先出来，母亲的羊水已经完全干燥。阅读更多 此处。

犹他大学犹他大学提供奖学金给电子竞技选手，以吸引人才加入其大学电子竞技队。他们需要玩流行游戏《英雄联盟》并参加由《英雄联盟》的制造商Riot Games举办的大学联赛。电子竞技选手将获得部分奖学金，大学计划提供35个全额奖学金，并从营销交易中赚取利润。

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英国研究人员开放大学研究人员与内华达大学合作，英勇地发现应该禁止早上9点的讲座。我们感觉大多数学生都会支持这个想法。显然，讲座不应早于上午11点开始，因为学生在上午11点至晚上9点之间表现最佳。

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Saffiyah Khan一张Saffiyah Khan在伯明翰的抗议活动中面对极右翼英国国防联盟（EDL）领袖伊恩·克罗斯兰的照片本周在互联网上走红。EDL的支持者声称，Khan干扰了对斯德哥尔摩和威斯敏斯特袭击受害者的致敬，但她否认了这一点，实际上是为了保护另一名被EDL抗议者叫嚣的妇女而介入。 Khan和她所保护的妇女Saira Zafar于周二正式会面，让Zafar感谢Khan的帮助。回顾这场对抗，Khan说：“有时微笑比大声喊更重要”。她还告诉Vice，她希望利用她最近的地位“在英国街头与种族主义作斗争”。她补充说：“如果没有任何有益的事情发生，变得病毒式传播是毫无价值的。”

在这里谁看起来有力量，左边的真正的布鲁米，还是为了一天移居到我们城市而未能同化的EDL pic.twitter.com/bu96ALQsOL

— Jess Phillips MP (@jessphillips) 2017年4月8日

恶棍

肖恩·斯派塞白宫新闻发言人肖恩·斯派塞在错误地声称阿道夫·希特勒没有使用化学武器后道歉，尽管数百万犹太人在大屠杀中受到了化学毒气袭击。斯派塞的言论引起了以色列、德国以及世界上任何有一半头脑的人的批评。更糟糕的是，斯派塞的失言发生在犹太节期间，这个节日纪念了犹太人从埃及奴役中的解放。有人猜测，斯派塞的失误可能是这次福克斯采访和这条推文的混淆和愚蠢的复读。

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多特蒙德爆炸者德国警方在一次针对多特蒙德足球队巴士的炸弹袭击后，拘留了一名与激进伊斯兰主义有关的嫌疑人。球员马克·巴特拉在爆炸中手腕骨折，但没有进一步的伤亡。球队对摩纳哥的比赛被推迟了24小时，这一决定受到了经理托马斯·图赫尔的批评。

朝鲜不稳定的朝鲜政权继续威胁核战争。好消息是，这一威胁导致特朗普总统为了获得中国主席习近平在朝鲜核威胁问题上的支持，提出了有利的贸易协议。本周早些时候，朝鲜谴责美国向朝鲜半岛派遣海军打击群，并警告将以“强大的武力”自卫。令人十分担忧。

联合航空本周，一名男子因拒绝放弃座位而被暴力拖离超额订票的联合航空航班。大卫·道博士在事件中流血，被震惊的乘客拍摄下来，这些画面引发了全球对航空公司的谴责。联合航空公司首席执行官奥斯卡·穆尼奥兹最初回应该事件时称道博士是“破坏性和好斗的”，并告诉航空公司员工他们“遵循了既定的程序”。然而，他后来试图道歉，表示对事件感到“羞愧和尴尬”。这一态度转变可能与联合航空公司股票市值因此消息而下跌了10亿美元有关。更多关于这个故事的信息，请在此处阅读。

百事可乐：我们是今年任何主要公司中最大的公关失误。

联合航空：拿着我的啤酒。

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) 2017年4月10日

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你普通的学生与鲸鱼有什么共同之处？实际上比你想的多... 不，我们并不是说你臃肿。放置在南极鲸鱼背上的微小无侵入摄像头揭示了一些有关它们社交生活和进食习惯的迷人见解——证明它们在白天社交和休息，夜晚进食。这让你想起了谁吗？

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如果你在课堂上没有注意而被问了一个问题，你会完全理解新闻主播娜塔莎·埃克斯尔比的感受...

By Polly Allen

向任何人询问从学习到全职工作的情况，你很可能会听到一些关于混乱的身体时钟（从夜猫子写论文转向朝九晚五可能很痛苦）和周五晚上第一轮工作饮料的社交尴尬的有趣故事。

不过，并不是工作世界的每个方面都如此难以驾驭。事实上，在许多方面，全职工作与你在大学的时间有很多相似之处。

工作的厨房有时看起来像一个爆炸现场

走进你家的厨房，发现桌子上的面包发霉了，到处都没有干净的杯子，所有的叉子都神秘地消失了，这几乎是学生的一种仪式了。

你可能认为得到一份工作意味着你可以很好地摆脱其他人的混乱，但你猜怎么着？什么都没有改变! 事实上，Appliance Direct的一项调查显示，67%的上班族在过去12个月中曾因厨房清洁问题与同事发生争执。

即使在一个大办公室里，水槽在下午时分也会装满杯子，有人会偷走最后的牛奶，还会有可疑的剩饭剩菜，没有人愿意去碰。人力资源部门会在厨房周围贴上告示，解释洗碗机是用来洗碗的，人们不应该贪图茶包，事情会改善一两个星期，但很快就会滑回到正常状态。

幸运的是，根据你工作的地方，你可能有一个很大的奢侈品：办公室清洁工。如果是这样，请以应有的尊重对待他们。如果没有清洁工，你就会和你的同事一起轮流打扫......就像回到你的老房子里一样。

利用空闲时间做 "家庭作业 "是有好处的

显然，你的空闲时间是你自己的，但如果你想在你所选择的职业中迅速崛起，那么重要的是你的大脑不要在下午5点打卡。也许你看了一个鼓舞人心的TED演讲，在Twitter上关注一些有影响力的人（Tech Bullion有一些与金融有关的有影响力的人的有用例子），或者在行业杂志上读了一篇有趣的文章，激发了一个想法。或者你看看竞争对手，看看竞争对手的公司在做什么，这样你就可以向你的经理反馈了。

无论你做什么，它与你在大学讲堂外所做的工作没有任何区别。在这两种情况下，你这样做是因为你对某一主题充满热情，并希望在这方面做得更好。

你通过工作以外的活动建立你的社交圈

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在大学里，你会通过加入社团或运动队来发泄情绪，这取决于什么适合你的兴趣。除了帮助你认识新朋友外，这些爱好还让你有一种平衡感，这在你未来的工作中也是一样的。

许多工作场所都有员工团体，从足球队到读书俱乐部或跑步俱乐部，所以你可以在一个非正式的环境中与同事一起玩耍，同时完善你的技能。加入俱乐部有公认的员工利益--例如，你的健康会得到提升。

如果你不能激发你的同事去运动，你可以在该地区遇到志同道合的其他人，一起参加集体健身课或摄影课。

你仍然被定期评估

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我不想告诉你这些，但是一旦你摆脱了考试制度，你可能就不会终身不受考试的影响。如今，大多数职业都包括某种评估，无论这意味着定期评估、向高级职员做低调的演讲，还是--咽喉--公开演讲。

一开始可能会令人生畏，但你不会是唯一感到紧张的人。大多数人讨厌公开演讲，这也解释了为什么有大量的成人教育课程来帮助他们提高。甚至非营利组织，如国际演讲会，也在世界各地兴起。请看他们如何帮助阿尔斯特的工人。

那么，如果你不能避免被评估，你如何才能使其发挥最大作用？寻求帮助，就像你在大学里一样，并考虑成立一个学习小组。与工作有关的大型考试可能会涉及到学习假的安排，就像大学里的阅读周一样，因为你的雇主会像你一样认真对待你的考试。

如果当天确实出了问题，你通常会被允许至少重考一次，但你仍然应该在第一次尝试时投入最大的努力。

Polly为Inspiring Interns撰写文章，这是一家毕业生招聘机构，帮助人们找到完美的实习机会，并为他们提供最新的毕业生职业建议。查看他们的毕业生工作列表，了解最新的角色。

图片: 脏水槽(Shira Gal: Flickr) ，TED 演讲(维基共享资源)

Last year, Italy’s highest court of appeal ruled stealing tiny amounts of food was not a crime if done to fend off hunger. Only a few months later, another Italian court allowed a divorced father struggling financially to pay child support to his ex-wife in the form of pizza.

Basically, at the risk of sounding trite, Italians take nourishment very seriously. If, like us and the Italians, you’re a food and wine fanatic, you’ll understand how distressing it is to see misguided food bloggers and amateur chefs ruin classic Italian foods. Here are eight foodie mistakes people need to stop making in 2017.

1. Inventing pizza burgers, lasagna sandwiches and other monstrosities

Nope. No. Just…no. Pizza burgers are an egregious abuse of Italian gastronomy. That goes for any other fast food hybrids of Italian cuisine too.

2. Keeping cheese in a plastic wrap… *gasps* 

Classic rookie mistake. As you’ll know, keeping your cheese in a plastic wrap just means you’re permeating your cheese with the taste and scent of plastic…

3. Putting red wine or fresh mozzarella in the fridge…just no

In life, there are two distinct sorts of people: those who are happy to eat rubber and drink vinegar and those who never refrigerate their mozzarella or their red wine.

Like wine, fresh mozzarella must never be refrigerated. The creamy luscious cheese that would normally melt onto your plate turns into latex after it’s been chilled, while your leftover red wine turns into an undrinkable vinegar.

4. Constantly misusing basic Italian words like pepperoni

Order a pepperoni pizza in Italy and, as we’re sure you know, you’ll be served a pizza with bell pepper toppings. People who confuse pepperoni with salame are the absolute worst.

5. Spaghetti in a tin is a crime against Italy

There’s absolutely no excuse to eat spaghetti from a tin, unless it’s war-time or a period of post-Brexit rationing. Tossing a handful of spaghetti in a pan of boiling water and improvising a pesto or garlicky tomato sauce is easy as pie (if anything, it’s actually easier than making a pie).

6. There’s no reason for pre-grated, bagged cheese to exist. None 

Pre-grated cheese is an assault against beauty. Besides all the added ingredients manufacturers often add to pre-grated cheese to prevent it from caking, like cellulose (basically wood pulp) and potato starch, pre-grated cheese often grows moldy at the speed of light.

7. Chicken carbonara, chicken parmesan, fettuccine alfredo, spaghetti with meatballs? No, grazie

None of these recipes are actually Italian. Italians aren’t in the habit of mixing carbs or of adding chicken and beef meatballs to their pasta. Also, any recipe for pasta alla carbonara sauce which contains anything but eggs, lard and pecorino cheese is indecent and undignified.

8. Sprinkling parmesan on spaghetti alle vongole

A cardinal rule of Italian cooking: never add grated cheese to fish or seafood. Madonne!

For a delightful roundup of some of the best angry comments left by Italians on the Internet, we recommend you follow the hilarious Twitter account, @ItalianComments.

如果不能在研究生管理入学考试(GMAT)中取得高分，可能会对你被MBA课程录取的机会产生灾难性的影响。确保你做了足够的工作来准备GMAT，并通过阅读下面的幻灯片来拾取一些额外的技巧和窍门。

The university or college you choose to go to can have a major impact on the rest of your life, so it's probably a good idea to do some research first. To help with the process, we've compiled a ranking of the best 100 US universities and colleges, according to the QS World University Rankings® 2020. Also, for the first time ever, we've broken down the complete list of top US universities by state, so you can find a leading study destination that's close to home (and probably more affordable than expensive out-of-state options).

Top US universities by state

Alabama - 2 (University of Alabama, Auburn University)

Alaska - 0

Arizona - 2 (Arizona State University (above), The University of Arizona)

Arkansas - 1 (University of Arkansas)

California - 15 (Stanford University (below), Caltech, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, University of California Davis, University of Southern California, UCSB, University of California Irvine, University of California Santa Cruz, University of California Riverside, San Diego State University, University of San Diego, University of San Francisco, University of the Pacific)

Colorado - 4 (University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado State University, University of Denver)

Connecticut - 2 (Yale University, University of Connecticut)

Delaware - 1 (University of Delaware)

Florida - 7 (University of Florida (below), University of Miami, Florida State University, University of South Florida, University of Central Florida, Florida International University, Miami University)

Georgia - 4 (Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University)

Hawaii - 1 (University of Hawai'i at Mañoa)

Idaho - 0

Illinois - 6 (University of Chicago (below), Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UIC, Illinois Institute of Technology, Loyola University Chicago)

Indiana - 3 (Purdue University, University of Notre Dame, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianopolis)

Iowa - 2 (University of Iowa, Iowa State University)

Kansas - 2 (University of Kansas, Kansas State University)

Kentucky - 1 (University of Kentucky)

Louisiana - 2 (Tulane University (above), Louisiana State University)

Maine - 0

Maryland - 3 (Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Baltimore County)

Massachusetts - 12 (MIT, Harvard University, Boston University, Tufts University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Northeastern University, Boston College, Brandeis University, Clark University, University of Massachusetts Boston, Smith College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

Michigan - 4 (University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, Michigan Technological University)

Minnesota - 1 (University of Minnesota (above))

Mississippi - 1 (University of Mississippi)

Missouri - 3 (Washington University in St. Louis, University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri University of Science and Technology)

Montana - 1 (University of Montana Missoula)

Nebraska - 1 (University of Nebraska)

Nevada - 0

New Hampshire - 2 (Dartmouth College, University of New Hampshire)

New Jersey - 5 (Princeton University (above), Rutgers University - New Brunswick, Rutgers University - Newark, Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology)

New Mexico - 1 (University of New Mexico)

New York - 15 (Cornell University, Columbia University, NYU, University of Rochester, University at Buffalo SUNY, Stony Brook University, The Katz School at Yeshiva University, Rensselaer Polytechnic University, New School University, Syracuse University, City University of New York, Clarkson University, University at Albany SUNY, Binghamton University SUNY, Fordham University)

North Carolina - 4 (Duke University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, Wake Forest University)

North Dakota - 0

Ohio - 5 (Ohio State University (above), Case Western Reserve University, University of Cincinnati, Kent State University, Ohio University)

Oklahoma - 3 (University of Oklahoma, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma State University)

Oregon - 2 (Oregon State University, University of Oregon)

Pennsylvania - 7 (University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Pittsburgh, Lehigh University, Drexel University, Temple University)

Rhode Island - 1 (Brown University)

South Carolina - 2 (University of South Carolina at Columbia, Clemson University)

South Dakota - 0

Tennessee - 2 (Vanderbilt University (above), The University of Tennessee)

Texas - 8 (University of Texas at Austin, Rice University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas Dallas, University of Houston, Southern Methodist University, Baylor University, Texas Tech University)

Utah - 3 (University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Utah State University)

Vermont - 1 (University of Vermont)

Virginia - 5 (University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, College of William & Mary, Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University)

Washington - 2 (University of Washington, Washington State University)

Washington D.C. - 4 (Georgetown University, George Washington University, Howard University, American University)

West Virginia - 0

Wisconsin - 2 (University of Wisconsin-Madison (above), Marquette University)

Wyoming - 1 (University of Wyoming)

Hopefully, this ranking will be able to help you make a decision about where to study. For more information about US universities, sign up to our site (it's free and takes less than two minutes) and enjoy exclusive member benefits, including access to helpful tips and guides.

This article was originally published in April 2017 and was updated in June 2019 to reflect the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings.