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Brown Sees Steep Drop in Diversity of Incoming Class

The share of Black and Hispanic students in Brown University’s incoming Class of 2028 dropped by 10 percentage points since...
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Decades of Enrollment Declines for Black Men at HBCUs

Black men make up roughly a quarter of students at historically Black colleges and universities, a significant drop from years past, according to a new report.

Common App Expands Direct Admissions

The Common App launched its direct admissions program for the 2024–25 application cycle yesterday with 116 partner institutions in 34...
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An Early Look at Diversity Post–Affirmative Action

Colleges are slowly releasing demographic data for the Class of 2028, giving a glimpse of the Supreme Court ruling’s impact on racial diversity. The results are decidedly mixed.

Opinion

Reducing the Costs of College Transfer

How some institutions are removing barriers through student-centered policies.

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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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Opinion

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.