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Commissions and Incentives

Pathway providers are shaking up the international student recruitment landscape, and the incentives they offer recruiting agents are attracting scrutiny.

Time to Dismiss the Stanford Prison Experiment?

The 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment has long been considered a window into the horrors ordinary people can inflict on one another, but new interviews with participants and reconsideration of archival records shed more light on the findings.
Opinion

The Costly Downside to Ditching AP

While the program has its downsides, schools looking to give their students a more equal footing as college candidates shouldn’t overlook the benefits, argues Ali Lincoln.

Rejecting AP Courses

Eight private schools in Washington area -- including St. Albans and Sidwell Friends -- announce they will stop offering Advanced Placement courses.

The Lay of the Land

Third-party pathway programs have a wide range of academic and financial models. Here's an overview and some of the key corporate players.

A Different Pathway Model

Kings Education mostly recruits students to small private institutions with the expectation of transfer. At one Kings partner, those the company recruited made up almost 40 percent of all undergraduates last fall.

Chicago Drops SAT/ACT Requirement. Will Others Follow?

Move, part of ambitious plan to attract broader range of applicants, is first by one of the nation's top research universities.
Opinion

Ethical College Admissions: A Tale of Two Washington and Lees

Jim Jump considers an attempt to confront an institution's history.