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The Washington Post published this editorial on Aug. 18. It was distributed by the òòò½ÊÓÆµsociated Press.

Itòòò½ÊÓÆµ™s a depressingly familiar Washington story: A well-meaning update of a single Education Department college form turned into a massive policy blunder, harming the very students and universities it was meant to help. Worse, the department now appears to have failed to fix the problem in time for another application cycle.

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