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Higher Ed Groups Have a Plan to Improve Financial Aid Offers
Nearly a year after the Government Accountability Office said that colleges are failing to tell students how much their education will actually cost, a new initiative aims to provide students with more clarity. But skeptics say Congress still needs to act.

Test-Free Admissions: Why Wait?
While test-optional policies are already the norm, the University of California’s experience points toward test-free admissions as the next best step, Julie J. Park and OiYan Poon write.

Dispatch From a Post–Affirmative Action NACAC
College admissions counselors gathered at their annual conference last week, where the end of affirmative action loomed large among a host of other issues from a tumultuous year.

Rankled by Rankings
Shifts in methodology scrambled the usual hierarchy of U.S. News’s annual college rankings, prompting a fierce backlash from some higher ed leaders.
Michigan Universities Promise Admission to Eligible Students

No Calculus? No Problem at Caltech
With many high school students lacking access to key STEM classes, Caltech and other technology-focused institutions are exploring admissions alternatives.
College Rankings: The Tail Is Frantically Wagging the Dog
It’s time for colleges and universities to find new ways to prove their worth.

A New Legal Blitz on Affirmative Action
Challenges to race-conscious policies are surging in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action, including a new lawsuit against West Point.
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