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‘U.S. News’ Acquires CollegeAdvisor.com
The rankings giant enters the field of advising individual students on where to go to college.
The Week in Admissions News
Small decline in applications to U of California; financial incentives to improve the transfer process; transfer admissions to UCLA; ABA will again consider making law schools test optional; blackout rage gallons.
How Short-Term Thinking Deters Colleges From Accepting Transfer Credits
A new white paper suggests colleges need more and better financial incentives to improve transfer processes.
Opinion
For Military and Higher Ed, a Shared Dilemma
With their challenges well aligned, higher ed and the military should work together to reduce the opportunity costs of volunteering for military service, Mike Haynie writes.
How Franklin & Marshall Keeps Enrolling International Students
The college was hurt by the pandemic (as were many), but the international applications are back.
Limited Impact of Campus Visits
And the same is true for virtual visits, survey finds.
The Week in Admissions News
Public opposition to affirmative action; RISD opts out of U.S. News; DeSantis threatens all AP courses; Yale law increases need-based aid.
Opinion
Is It Time to Get Admissions Counselors Off the Road?
John Roberts reviews the trends and asks why they are still there.