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The Fruits of Collaboration
An alliance of 11 public research universities shows that sharing data, ideas and practices can help more low-income students graduate.
New Book on ‘Little Soldiers,’ the Next Generation of Chinese Students
Lenora Chu discusses her inside look at China’s educational system -- and what American colleges should know about the students recruited there.
The Week in Admissions News
Fee for an honors college; the impact of “prior-prior”; a critique of considering race in admissions.
The Malia Impact: Counselors Consider Growing Interest in Gap Years
Data are sparse but positive about impact of taking a year off before college.
Opinion
Why Racial Preferences Remain Wrongheaded
Those who defend them should consider whether they’d require them indefinitely and whether such a requirement is consistent with good race relations in the country America is becoming, argues Roger Clegg.
The Week in Admissions News
Admissions and race, a governor’s complaint, college-going rates, challenges for the liberal arts.
'Should I Try to Be Less Asian?'
Experts at NACAC meeting say perceptions of bias against Asian-American applicants, even if false, have an impact.
At University of Texas at Austin, 10% Has Become 6%
With number of high school graduates in the state growing, UT invokes state law that allows flexibility in requirement that top 10 percent be admitted.