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Minnesota is set to pilot technology to combat financial aid fraud. Is it enough to ward off ‘ghost students?’
Ghost students are a growing national problem largely targeting public two-year institutions.
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See what people earned four years after getting a certificate at 5,600 different programs around the nation.
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