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What Potential Grad Students Are Looking For
Career advancement and career change motivate many searches.
Decline in Male, Black and Latino Students Planning on College
For the high school Class of 2022, they all showed declines in the percentage wanting to go to college, compared to the last class before the pandemic.
How Al Roker and the Faculty Helped Land Students
At SUNY Oswego, officials declared that everyone—including alumni and professors—was involved in admissions, and it worked.
The Week in Admissions News
Record high for discount rates; Boston U orientation director resigns; New York’s free tuition primarily helps middle-income students; AP in precalculus; will Biden forgive all debt?
Why Students Go to Graduate School
Higher percentage than in the past will seek financial assistance.
Do ACT and SAT Favor Older Students?
Scholar suggests they do and advises standardized tests to adjust some students’ scores.
Are High School GPAs Rising? Should You Care?
ACT says grades are rising. But a testing critic says ACT is exaggerating the problem.
Making Their Arguments Against Affirmative Action
Thirty-four briefs argue that Harvard and UNC, and other colleges that base their admissions plans on the Grutter decision, should be forced to change.