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Reducing the Role of Wealth in College Access Through Counselor Training
Counselors see the impact of economic inequality but need more help to reduce its impact, writes Patrick O’Connor.
A Very Controversial Idea
Scholars will launch interdisciplinary journal that allows authors to publish under pseudonyms, citing recent threats against polarizing academics. Some like the idea, while posing practical and ethical objections.
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Employers Want Liberal Arts Grads
New study says the evolving economy creates a greater need for their skills, but that many colleges could do better at thinking about what graduates can do and helping them translate that into jobs.
New Data on Admissions: Criteria That Matter, Early Decision and More
"State of College Admission" finds colleges focus more on academics than personal characteristics and value first-generation status over race/ethnicity.
Making the Message Simple and Direct
Experiment in California suggests that the right kind of outreach can increase the participation of low-income students in aid programs.
Stanford's (Now Truthful) Aid Policy for M.B.A. Admits
A year after revelation that university's business school lied for years about how it used aid to build its class, a new approach is announced.
The Week in Admissions News
Out-of-state tuition rates; graduation rates; another loss of a women's college; righting a wrong.