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President Jennifer J. Raab and Hunter Students Appear on NBC Nightly News

March 20, 2019
NBC Nightly News speak with Hunter College students

Amid the college admissions cheating scandal, are students more concerned about where they go to school than what they learn?

Hunter College students Alexis Fischer, Noam Sohn, Asmerom Nur, Kyle McArther, and President Jennifer J. Raab talk to news correspondent Kathy Park about the pressure to get into elite schools and what they believe should be the priorities on NBC's Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Watch the segment below.

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