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Harvard Lobbies Congress to Cut Endowment Tax
Harvard is pushing Senate Democrats to consider reducing the controversial tax that draws an estimated $50 million annually from its $39 billion endowment. Many wealthy private universities want the tax eliminated.
Direct Admissions Takes Off
At West Texas A&M, at Minnesota’s colleges and with the Common App, colleges are dropping applications as a requirement to be admitted.
A Merger Doesn’t Happen, and an Art Institute Ends
San Francisco Art Institute ceases operations after an effort to merge into University of San Francisco is rejected.
Opinion
It’s Time to End Legacy Admissions
It favors wealthy, white applicants, writes Alan B. Morrison.
The Week in Admissions News
Student voting; grants for low-income students; low wages for graduates of cosmetology schools; Otterbein and Antioch U create a new system.
Woman Extorts Penn State Athletes for Sexual Images
A woman extorted two unnamed Pennsylvania State University athletes after she convinced them—and other athletes across the country— to send...
The Unranking of 10 Colleges
U.S. News removes the rankings of colleges that provided false information.
Opinion
A New Mind-Set for Recruiting Chinese Students
With pandemic lockdowns straining family budgets, it’s time for colleges to adopt a more inclusive strategy for recruiting and admitting Chinese students, Xiaofeng Wan writes.