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Colleges Keep Adding Football Programs

College football is booming. Ten new or revived programs are taking the field this year, the most since 2013, according to the National Football Foundation. More are on the way.

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Colleges Embrace Streaming to Advertise Strengths

With about 50 percent of TV viewership coming from streaming, colleges are turning to platforms like Netflix in hopes of getting prospective students’ attention.

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Does It Matter Which AP Courses You Take?

Six AP courses correlated with an admissions advantage, according to data from a college counseling company. It’s unclear whether those courses led to the boost or if confounding variables played a role.

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Calculus Is an Admissions Barrier—Even for Students Who Weren’t Offered It

Admissions officers were 16.4 percentage points less likely to recommend a student for admission who hadn’t taken calculus than one who had, even when the former had taken as many advanced courses as they could.

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Students Increasingly Consider Politics in Choosing a College

The latest iteration of the Art & Science Group poll finds that more students on both the left and the right are ruling out institutions based on the political climate of their states.

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4 Takeaways From NACAC’s Annual Admissions Conference

Spirits were high at the annual convention, held this year in Minneapolis, with many speakers focused on how to best communicate their institution’s value to prospective students.

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Opinion

AI Literacy and the New Admissions Disadvantage

Admission offices should be transparent about their AI-detection policies and procedures.

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Colleges Want More Rural Students. This University Leader Traveled to Them.

The head of the University of Tennessee System visited 16 rural high schools over two weeks, trying to sell students on the value of a UT education—and fight the perception that a four-year degree isn’t right for rural students.