A Debatable Return

Colleges spend millions on playing host to presidential debates. What do they get out of it?

Colloquy Live: Read the transcript of a live, online discussion with Steve Givens, assistant to the chancellor at Washington University in St. Louis, about whether it is really worth it for colleges to play host to presidential and vice-presidential debates, given the events' high costs.By JEFFREY SELINGO

Four hours or so before the first presidential debate gets under way here at the

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