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The New SAT: Longer, but No Better?
College Board releases study saying it is, but numbers show little difference from earlier version -- while validity gaps based on gender and race remain.
Another First for SAT-Optional Movement
Wake Forest ends requirement, becoming the first nationally ranked private university to do so. Worcester Polytechnic, first science institute to drop requirement, sees gain in first year.
'U.S. News' Adds Surveys That Could Alter Methodology
U.S. News & World Report may be on the verge of significant changes in its methodology. The magazine has sent...
Doomed to Disappoint Justice O'Connor
Five years ago, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor saved affirmative action in public college admissions when she crafted the majority decision...
When Med Students Become Admissions Counselors
Entrepreneurial future M.D.'s at U. of Chicago -- who helped with applicant interviews -- set up business to advise other applicants.
SAT Subject Tests Face New Scrutiny
Key University of California faculty panel wants system campuses to stop requiring them.
Private Counselors Who Won't Double Dip
Should a private admissions counselor also be able to work for a school or college? To many who work in...
A Different Way to Diversify
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, in Minnesota, use their own version of the cohort model to recruit and retain underrepresented students.