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'Undermining Pell'
Lobbying for changes to key aid program for low-income students, New America Foundation study points to tricks colleges play with Pell Grants.
Pajamas and Online Assessments
A new shade on lead generation includes assessments, online courses and mentors to help ensure that students can succeed once they enroll.
Texas' Missing Hispanic Students
A new study suggests that giving public research university boards in Texas the power to set tuition helped raise prices and suppress Hispanic enrollment.
Agents Go Domestic in Australia
Australian colleges have long used recruiters to woo international students. Now they're turning to companies to help them recruit students within the country, too.
Measuring What?
The New York Times names the most "economically diverse" top colleges (hours before a certain other ranking is released), but methodology excludes all but a few public institutions.
Fantasy Football, Real Sanctions
Eight of 10 college athletes don't think participating in paid fantasy sports leagues is a violation of NCAA rules. They're wrong.
Transcript-Free Admissions
Goucher College creates a new option in which applicants will be evaluated on the basis of a two-minute video.
Trans Applicants Welcome
Mount Holyoke College adopts formal policy to admit students who are female or who identify as women.