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Not All Legacies Meet Admissions Standards
Three private universities in California say they admitted students in recent years who didn’t meet the institutions’ academic requirements.
Leadership Academy Provides Access, Equity in Career Development
Semester-long program for disproportionately impacted students at Ohlone College in California offers job experience and career preparation skills.
Fighting for Scraps in Pennsylvania
Enrollment in the state has plummeted, but it has one of the highest ratios of institutions to students in the country. The result is fierce competition over a dwindling pool of applicants.
Black Editor Rejects Texas A&M Job Offer to Revive J-School
As Affirmative Action Ends, HBCUs Wait or Plan for the Fallout
Some leaders of historically Black colleges and universities expect the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action to bring a flood of applicants to their institutions. They’re not sure they’re ready.
3 California Universities Acknowledge Admitting Legacies Who Didn’t Meet Minimum Requirements
American Confidence in Higher Ed Hits Historic Low
A Gallup poll shows only 36 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, which is down by about 20 percentage points from eight years ago.