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Let’s Talk About Proxies and Admission
The ultimate target of the administration’s scrutiny of college admission may be holistic review, Jim Jump writes.
What Counts as ‘Unlawful Proxy Discrimination’?
The Trump administration mostly seems concerned about the use of “unlawful proxies” that would benefit Black and Hispanic students in admission, Catharine Hill writes.
The Common App at 50
The organization that started with 15 private colleges now has more than 1,100 participating institutions. But closing equity gaps remains a top priority.
Anti–Affirmative Action Group Settles With Military Academies
How Colleges Use Geography to Recruit Students
The long-standing practice of geographic recruitment is now under scrutiny by the Trump administration, which claims it can be unlawfully used as a proxy for race.
Lawsuit Challenges Early-Decision Admissions
Scoring the AP English Exam: A Diary
An English professor writes that the experience left him underwhelmed but well-fed.
Trump Orders Colleges to Supply Data on Race in Admissions
The Education Secretary said later that colleges must provide annual admissions and enrollment disaggregated by race and sex, reflecting demands made of Brown and Columbia Universities in recent agreements.