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Ethical College Admissions: The Real Victims
Felicity Huffman and the other parents ignored key facts about the admissions process, writes Jim Jump.
A Gap Year Students Can Get Credit For
Verto Education looks to ease parents' and students' apprehensions about taking gap years in order to increase the trend's popularity. They've partnered with universities to create dual-enrollment options.
‘Choosing College’
New book explores choosing a college and making better decisions about learning throughout life.
The Week in Admissions News
Felicity Huffman's sentence; partisan divides; bias toward bachelor's degrees; Sacramento State admits students by accident; could UCLA have prevented the admissions scandal?
4 More Colleges Go Test Optional
All cite research about the test's ability to discourage students.
Opinion
We Need to Talk About Authorship Abuse
The academic community must move beyond compliance with standards and toward the cultivation of a greater sense of ethical responsibility, argue A. Susan Jurow and Jordan Jurow.
Admissions for Donor Children
One parent's defense in the admissions scandal is that the University of Southern California encouraged applications from the wealthy -- if they would donate.
'The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us'
Author discusses his new book on economic inequities and higher education. And the role of the SAT.