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For Small Private Colleges, a Mixed Year in Admissions
Leaving out the Ivies and similar institutions, it's a very complicated year to be putting together a freshman class. Some colleges aren't talking about where they are. Others are having notable success.
Opinion
Ethical College Admissions: Lexington Without Concord
Jim Jump considers history and race at Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute.
The Week in Admissions News
International applications; community college enrollment falls; states battle critical race theory; "Heritage and Hate"; debt relief at Black colleges.
‘Game On: Why College Admission Is Rigged and How to Beat the System’
Author discusses her new book on the flaws of college admissions.
Stanford Changes Admissions Policy for Athletes
University, citing competition in football from Notre Dame and USC, will allow athletes to enroll early in a three-year experiment.
Opinion
Let’s Make This the ‘Year of Stackability’
To educate adult learners successfully, short-term credentials must build toward degrees, Paul Freedman and Paul LeBlanc argue.
Who Showed Up and Who Didn't
College Board analysis is latest to find that community colleges suffered more than four-year colleges, but report also suggests that four-year colleges saw a loss of students with higher grades. And some states saw gains in enrollment at four-year colleges.
Nonwhite Students Are Majority of Amherst's Admitted Class
How did a college once known for educating New England's elites end up with a diverse class? It's been a long haul.