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Can AI Help a Student Get Into Stanford or Yale?

Two entrepreneurial Stanford students fed hundreds of essays—both high and low quality—into an AI model to train it on what top-tier colleges look for in admissions essays. 

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A Neglected Transition—the Students Who Stay

Each year, a number of undergraduate seniors choose to re-enroll at their institution to further their graduate education. Helping these learners readjust to their alma mater can boost feelings of belonging.

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Making Sense of MIT’s Diversity Decline

Jim Jump considers the drop in underrepresented racial and ethnic minority students in MIT’s new entering class.

Lawsuit Targets McNair Program’s Race-Based Eligibility Criteria

The Young America’s Foundation, a national conservative student group, wants all students to be eligible for a 35-year-old federal scholarship...

More Students Means LSU Turning Kitchens Into Dorm Rooms

Louisiana State University is experiencing what other colleges might consider a good problem: Enrollment has increased by about 5,000 students...
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How States Are Working to Narrow FAFSA Completion Gaps

Nationally, completed applications from high school seniors are down by about 9.5 percent. A federal funding boost has helped some states over the summer—but only so much.

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New Sweet Briar Policy Bars Transgender Students

The Virginia women’s college made the change to comport with its founding documents, creating a stricter gender admissions policy than many of its peers.

Education Department Outlines Plan for FAFSA Testing

The Education Department will partner with community-based organizations, high schools, colleges and states to recruit students who’ll test the Free...