Highlights: fewer colleges meeting targets for this year, a higher bar for Asians, skepticism about new standardized writing tests and a new application, mixed feelings on Hillary Clinton’s college plan and applicants’ criminal records.
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Sep 23, 2016
Admissions officers talk about changing the way applications are read in order to keep up with demographic changes.
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September 23, 2016
Admissions officers talk about changing the way applications are read in order to keep up with demographic changes.
September 16, 2016
Graduate student enrollments increased nearly 4 percent last year, with the biggest relative gains seen among underrepresented minority groups.
September 15, 2016
Sixty-four-campus system will no longer ask applicants to declare prior felony convictions. After admission, those seeking housing or certain kinds of training or experiences will be asked.
September 8, 2016
Data from admissions group show that, despite all the hype about a few elite colleges that admit a small share of applicants, most institutions say yes to most of those who apply.
August 24, 2016
Large gaps remain evident when looking at average scores by racial and ethnic group.
August 22, 2016
Graduates of the most selective institutions earn more -- even when controlling for factors that earlier made some doubt such findings -- but maybe not as much more as many think.
August 17, 2016
Social work professors told administrators that they were letting students make unfair accusations and admitting unqualified students. Then someone forwarded the professors' letters to students. UPDATE: Dean responds.
August 8, 2016
Only a few colleges -- mindful that wealthy students can afford to take the SAT or ACT many times -- require that all scores be submitted. Penn has just abandoned the policy.
July 26, 2016
Nine institutions in Pierce County, Wash., are working together to foster a college-going culture among local K-12 students.
July 22, 2016
Transition follows weeks of tensions over his decision to oust provost.
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