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A roundup of admissions news in the last week

Submitted by Scott Jaschik on December 4, 2017 - 3:00am

Uncomfortable men; DeVos and degrees; FAFSA goes mobile; a plan to reform undergraduate education.

High school students are applying to too many colleges (essay)

Submitted by Nicholas Soodik on December 4, 2017 - 3:00am

Students are being encouraged to apply to too many colleges, writes Nicholas Soodik.

Debate about who counts as a black student is not new (essay)

Submitted by Ifeyinwa Onyenekwu and Chrystal A. George Mwangi on November 27, 2017 - 3:00am

Ifeyinwa Onyenekwu and Chrystal A. George Mwangi offer context behind a recent debate at Cornell University.

Should computer science fulfill a foreign language admissions requirement?

Submitted by Scott Jaschik on November 27, 2017 - 3:00am

High schools in Georgia see surge in enrollments in computer science, and state leaders are pleased. But are those courses equivalent, as university system admissions requirements now say, to Spanish or French?

Essay defends tuition resets as meaningful

Submitted by Robert Massa on November 13, 2017 - 3:00am

Look at the numbers, writes Robert Massa. A tuition reset can be real.

A private college that isn't wealthy shifts admissions strategy to attract low-income students

Submitted by Scott Jaschik on November 13, 2017 - 3:00am

Simpson in Iowa, without a large endowment, will cover tuition for everyone up to family income of $60,000.

New study renews questions about how academics vote in rankings

Submitted by Scott Jaschik on November 6, 2017 - 3:00am

Study raises questions about what those responding do or don’t know about institutions they are evaluating.

Essay on political claims made about DACA students

Submitted by Jim Jump on November 6, 2017 - 3:00am

Don’t listen to the politicians. DACA students are not taking spots that would go to others, writes Jim Jump.

Essay challenges the idea of "dream" colleges

Submitted by Nicholas Soodik on October 30, 2017 - 3:00am

Nicholas Soodik writes that myths about one perfect place hurt high school students thinking about their futures.

Essay raises questions about who benefits from early-decision programs

Submitted by Jim Jump on October 30, 2017 - 3:00am

Jim Jump doesn’t favor abolishing all early programs, but he sees problems -- especially for students -- in the approaches used by many institutions.

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