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Poll Finds the Public Doesn’t Favor Affirmative Action
Pew poll of American adults finds 74 percent think race and ethnicity should not be considered in admissions decisions. For gender, 82 percent think it shouldn’t be considered.
Blame the Deans
Law firm says former dean of education left out data that would bring down University of Southern California’s score from 2013 to 2020, and the current dean did so in 2021, before coming clean to the provost.
The Week in Admissions News
Tuition waivers for Native Americans; more Pell Grants for prisoners; Ohio State ends iPad program; hazing at Baylor.
Rising Freshmen’s Concern With College Costs Has Limits
Students would give a lower rank to a college if it cut nonacademic amenities to save money, survey finds.
How Stevens Tech Attracts Applicants and Students
Different strategies work for undergraduate and graduate admissions.
The Week in Admissions News
Some loans to be forgiven; diversity confusion at Point Park; NACAC to study test-optional policies; Grove City says it’s not woke.
More Students Are Using Their Own Money to Pay for College
Forty-five percent said they paid for their education with their own savings and income. That’s an eight-percentage-point increase over 2019.
Williams Gets More Generous With Aid
College will be all grants, no loans for all students, regardless of family income. No students will have to hold down jobs, even in the summer.