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Complex Problem, Complex Solution
Colorado's fix for remedial education is multipronged rather than heavy-handed, and it seems to be working.
'Test-Blind' Admissions
Hampshire becomes only competitive college in the country that will not look at SAT or ACT scores.
Race-Blind Affirmative Action?
In new book and discussion, researchers and advocates envision strategies for fostering campus diversity in a world in which race-conscious remedies are prohibited.
‘Tough Love’ for Higher Ed
An advocacy group's proposal for institutional accountability puts both for-profit colleges and elite research universities in the crosshairs.
Open Access and Inequity
Too many unprepared students are enrolling in community college, argues a new book, which takes on both open-access admissions policies and the "completion agenda."
Is the GRE Too Influential?
A new analysis argues that the GRE is limiting the number of female, black and Latino graduate students in science and tech fields.
Employability Is Our Job
Wendy Purcell, who leads a British university, writes that it's inevitable and appropriate that governments on both sides of the pond pay more attention to how colleges and universities prepare students for careers.
'Place, Not Race'
Author discusses a new approach to affirmative action in admissions that she says could help the disadvantaged without some of the legal and political issues that challenge current approaches.