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Where 'U.S. News' Rankings Have Influence on Potential Applicants
Making the top 50 has an impact on applications, study finds, even if there is no quantifiable difference in quality between those just over and under that threshold. And that impact may hurt some students.
The Week in Admissions News
Dartmouth considers expansion; compilation on affordability; shifting M.B.A. market.

How a Regional Public University Reversed Enrollment Decline (and It's Not Free Tuition)
SUNY Fredonia had been suffering year after year of declines. And while the state's new scholarship may be helping, officials attribute major gains to new policies and new strategies.
Opinion
Ethical College Admissions: Fighting for Honesty in Statistics
Sometimes you have to make the same point over and over again, writes Jim Jump.

Hurricane Harvey and College Admissions
Saturday was the first August administration of the SAT, but testing centers were closed in much of Texas.

Opinion
Survey Centers and the Academy
Turn to any news outlet, and you will find a public opinion poll bearing a college or university affiliation, writes Mileah Kromer, but few people on campuses even know how survey labs function, let alone the benefits they provide.
The Week in Admissions News
Critique of elite colleges; welcoming international students; three more colleges drop SAT/ACT requirements; more students are borrowing more than $20,000.

Opinion
Ethical College Admissions: Affirmative Action and Asian-Americans, Again
Jim Jump writes that the real issue may be the rapid increase in the number of applicants, not overt discrimination.
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