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Common App Expands Direct Admissions
The Common App launched its direct admissions program for the 2024–25 application cycle yesterday with 116 partner institutions in 34...
An Early Look at Diversity Post–Affirmative Action
Colleges are slowly releasing demographic data for the Class of 2028, giving a glimpse of the Supreme Court ruling’s impact on racial diversity. The results are decidedly mixed.
Reducing the Costs of College Transfer
How some institutions are removing barriers through student-centered policies.
Can AI Help a Student Get Into Stanford or Yale?
Two entrepreneurial Stanford students fed hundreds of essays—both high and low quality—into an AI model to train it on what top-tier colleges look for in admissions essays.
A Neglected Transition—the Students Who Stay
Each year, a number of undergraduate seniors choose to re-enroll at their institution to further their graduate education. Helping these learners readjust to their alma mater can boost feelings of belonging.
Opinion
Making Sense of MIT’s Diversity Decline
Jim Jump considers the drop in underrepresented racial and ethnic minority students in MIT’s new entering class.
Lawsuit Targets McNair Program’s Race-Based Eligibility Criteria
The Young America’s Foundation, a national conservative student group, wants all students to be eligible for a 35-year-old federal scholarship...
More Students Means LSU Turning Kitchens Into Dorm Rooms
Louisiana State University is experiencing what other colleges might consider a good problem: Enrollment has increased by about 5,000 students...