Filter & Sort
The Shrinking Law School
By cutting enrollment 20 percent, the University of California Hastings College of the Law believes it's helping itself, applicants and the legal profession. Is this the future of legal education?
Choice on GRE Scores
ETS will let grad school applicants pick which results to report. Test takers are likely to applaud the shift, but will admissions officers?
Fudged Numbers
Claremont McKenna didn't just report inaccurate SAT averages; the college inflated class ranks and deflated admissions rates. The motive wasn't rankings, but a desire to admit a few more students without absolutely top academic credentials.
Shutting Out Hometown Applicants
San Jose State University gets more selective for local students, citing budget cuts and enrollment pressure, while 15 other Cal State campuses are at least partially overcrowded.
How They Really Get In
Study of the most competitive colleges finds that "holistic" admissions policies look very different at different colleges -- and that some kinds of applicants may compete only against each other.
Discounting Heads
NACUBO's survey of discount rates finds another increase, but a surprising enrollment drop at many private institutions could be a threat to balanced budgets.
Reframing the Agent Debate
Admissions leaders -- charged with resolving a major ethics debate -- hear reports on how other countries handle the issue, consider inconsistencies of U.S. policy and ask a lot of tough questions.
The Rise of Differential Tuition
In public higher education, growing number of institutions charge based on major or class year.