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What If Colleges Used to Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants?
New study suggests that top colleges perhaps used to discriminate against Asian Americans, but they may have abandoned the practice.
Dual Enrollment Pays Off
Getting a jumpstart on college courses can pay off for high school students. In today's Academic Minute, Georgia Gwinnett College's...
Poll Finds the Public Doesn’t Favor Affirmative Action
Pew poll of American adults finds 74 percent think race and ethnicity should not be considered in admissions decisions. For gender, 82 percent think it shouldn’t be considered.
Blame the Deans
Law firm says former dean of education left out data that would bring down University of Southern California’s score from 2013 to 2020, and the current dean did so in 2021, before coming clean to the provost.
New Threats to Tenure and Faculty Speech
Serious changes to faculty speech and tenure rights went under the radar in Mississippi until they were passed. Now that the secret’s out, faculty advocates are pushing back—including by raising concerns about constitutionality.
Gallaudet Moves Classes and Finals Online
Gallaudet University has moved the remaining classes this semester, as well as final exams, online, The Washington Post reported. Students...
The Week in Admissions News
Tuition waivers for Native Americans; more Pell Grants for prisoners; Ohio State ends iPad program; hazing at Baylor.
USC Settles With 80 Ex-Students Over Misconduct Claims
The University of Southern California has settled a suit by 80 former students, most of them gay men, who accuse...