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A Clear Divide for the Supreme Court
In taking the affirmative action cases involving Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill, the Supreme Court will decide whether colleges can consider race in admissions. The advice on what to do is already pouring in.
A Radical Approach to Who Gets In
Report by NACAC and NASFAA calls for major changes in the systems used to admit and award aid to students. Failure to do so, the report says, will perpetuate racial inequity.
Will Test Optional Become the ‘New Normal’?
As more colleges embrace the practice for a few years—or permanently—the debate is changing.
What Admissions Officers Aren’t Supposed to Say
Clemson official blasted Republicans and said any applicants from the party should actively denounce white supremacy and misogyny.
The Week in Admissions News
Boston College’s new effort for low-income students; transfer enrollment stabilizes; California effort to involve students in solving problems; a free online certificate.
Opinion
Do Algorithms Really Contribute to Higher Education’s Crisis?
Bob Massa and Bill Conley review why they are used and say the fears are misplaced.
An Online ‘Moon Shot’ for the Developing World
A new, free online certificate program from Arizona State’s Thunderbird School of Global Management will be offered in 40 languages and seeks to reach refugees, women and others in the developing world.
Class Action Suit Filed Against Top Private Colleges
Five students say leading colleges and universities are acting as an illegal “cartel” in violation of antitrust law. One of the students’ lawyers is a former prosecutor in the Varsity Blues case.