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What If Weighted GPAs Are Meaningless?
At competitive high schools, students boast of averages that are well above 4.0. Does anyone take the numbers seriously? Could they be doing damage?
The Week in Admissions News
Uncomfortable men; DeVos and degrees; FAFSA goes mobile; a plan to reform undergraduate education.
Uncomfortable Men
Texas commissioner of higher education says outnumbered men are uncomfortable on some college campuses. How will the state navigate goals for growing numbers of male graduates in a world where the patriarchy women face is being laid bare?
Anger Over Canceled ACT Scores
A high school in Tennessee, backed by local politicians, isn’t accepting explanations for why scores on test taken in good faith shouldn’t count.
Computer Science as (Foreign Language) Admissions Requirement
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?
Fighting to Hold On to In-State Students
Hartwick, a private institution where three-quarters of enrollees are from New York State, seeks to counter impact of free public tuition.
Recent News on Admissions
International students and long-term enrollment growth; more law schools will accept GRE; education debt held by older Americans.
An Increasingly Unusual Focus: Low-Income Students
Simpson in Iowa, without a large endowment, will cover tuition for everyone up to family income of $60,000.