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‘U.S. News’ Changes Policy on Testing

Magazine announces that it won’t punish colleges where few students submit scores; Columbia admits to providing incorrect information for past rankings.

Who’ll Pay for Public Access to Federally Funded Research?

The White House painted an incomplete economic picture of its new policy for free, immediate access to research produced with federal grants. Will publishers adapt their business models to comply, or will scholars be on the hook?

The Mindset List

Marist College releases annual list of what freshmen know (and what they don’t know).
Opinion

Calculus Acts as a Gatekeeper

Admissions offices can change that, write Pamela Burdman and Veronica Anderson.

The Week in Admissions News

High school students are optimistic about the future; Princeton ups what it gives in aid; students want diversity; COVID-19 on campus.
Opinion

Building Transparent Statewide Transfer Pathways

Private nonprofit colleges and associations can do more to realize the potential of community college transfer to independent institutions, Loni Bordoloi Pazich, Julia Karon and Daniel Rossman write.

The Case for Gender-Diverse Research Teams

Study finds that male-female research teams produce more innovative, impactful research than all-male or all-female teams, and the more gender-balanced the diverse teams are, the better.

White Minority in the Midwest

Highly competitive private colleges follow public colleges in California and private colleges in the Northeast with classes in which white Americans are a minority.