Filter & Sort
Bringing Back Low-Income Students
College of Marin leaders hope to use $2,000 grants to persuade more than 400 students who left during the pandemic to return and to entice others to enroll this fall.
U of California Gets More Diverse Without SATs
University had earlier announced record-breaking number of applicants. It also has a record in admitted students from racial and ethnic minority groups.
Will ‘Income Insurance’ Attract Transfer Students?
Augustana College hopes so. It is launching a pilot to test the idea.
The Future of the Campus Tour
They are smaller than they used to be (by colleges’ choice) and are mostly outside. But many colleges fear the Delta variant could change things for the worse.
Opinion
What AP Scorers Shouldn’t Grade
Some things -- even things that may seem worthwhile -- may not be graded with fairness, writes Laura Aull.
The Week in Admissions News
ACT eases registration process for people with disabilities; judge upholds vaccine requirement; Trinity Washington clears student debts; when will loan repayments be required?
Groups Ask ‘U.S. News’ to Exclude SAT and ACT Scores
Eleven organizations -- including NACAC -- say removing test scores from rankings is ”simply the right thing to do.”
Study Questions Bias Against Asians in Admissions
If only standardized test scores were used to admit students to the most selective colleges, Asian enrollments would increase by just two percentage points, researchers say.