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A Threat Over Standardized Testing

Civil rights groups say they will sue University of California if it continues to use SAT and ACT.

Admissions Choices

Study finds that colleges are more likely to reject applicants who report felony convictions, even for minor felonies. At colleges with high crime rates, officials were more likely to reject black students.
Opinion

Ethical College Admissions: A New Challenge to Testing

Jim Jump considers the implications of a threatened lawsuit against the University of California using the SAT and ACT.
Opinion

A Question of Character

Robert Massa explains a new attempt to define character in the admissions process.

The Week in Admissions News

Ph.D. in the admissions office; Hollins' transgender policy; NACAC's "State of College Admission" report; some college, no degree; Trump's rules for accreditors.

Some College, No Degree

Report features broad new data on 36 million Americans who left college without a credential, including 3.8 million who returned to college in the last five years, nearly one million of whom completed.

Shut Out of Shared Governance

Faculty members at George Washington University question whether shared governance was breached by the administration's decision to cut undergraduate enrollment and raise the number of students majoring in STEM disciplines.

A New Model for a New Reality

St. John's College gambled its finances and its reputation when it cut tuition and turned to donors to replace lost revenue. Applications shot up, as did donations. Can this new financial model be the answer for making college more affordable?