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New Nonpartisan Faculty Group Will Promote and Defend Free Speech, Academic Freedom
Two hundred professors launched the nonpartisan Academic Freedom Alliance this week to advocate for free speech in academe and, in...
Not Submitting Scores
Through Feb. 15, only 44 percent of people using the Common Application submitted SAT or ACT scores. Last year's total was 77 percent.
GameStop and the Future of Platform Finance
Did you make some bucks on GameStop? In today's Academic Minute, Daniel H. Neilson of Bard College at Simon's Rock...
$40 Billion for Colleges
Senate passes COVID-19 relief bill. Measure would also tighten up the 90-10 rule on for-profit colleges.
Changes in Financial Aid
Federal Student Aid’s COO resigned Friday, amid political pressure from progressives. Meanwhile, FAFSA underwent technical difficulties, potentially impacting some students’ ability to submit.
If You Could Reform Admissions…
And wipe the slate of all the bad practices, particularly those that favor wealthy students, what would you change? Recommendation letters? Campus tours? The funding system? Later deadlines? These and other ideas were recommended by experts.
ACICS on the Ropes Again
Advisory group's recommendation last week puts troubled accreditor's federal recognition in jeopardy for a second time -- a possible death knell.
The Week in Admissions News
Enrollment pressure on Catholic colleges; students and controversy; Lawrence's quest to meet full need; students and their perceptions; EAB purchases Starfish.