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Be Careful What You Wish For
Study finds that when top colleges give more weight to interviews and essays, seeking more diversity, they may get less. Giving less weight to standardized testing, on the other hand, works.
Cross-Campus Comparisons on COVID Aren't Easy
Public universities in Illinois vary in their COVID-testing capacity and reporting protocols, raising questions about how complete a picture some campuses may have of the rate of infection.
Small Colleges Try to Contain COVID Clusters
Small colleges are seeing their share of COVID-19 outbreaks. Will small scale make containment easier than it's proving to be at large universities with more resources?
Failure to Communicate
Professor suspended for saying a Chinese word that sounds like a racial slur in English.
No SAT in Egypt for This Academic Year
College Board cancels all exams for the country, citing test security issues.
57th Person Indicted in Admissions Scandal
Another parent charged with cheating to get his daughter into Georgetown.
The Week in Admissions News
Latinx challenges; civil liberties and suspensions; student trust; Airbnb rules.
Counties and Colleges Wrangle Over COVID-19
Campus leaders in Kansas, Michigan and Texas face pressure from local health authorities to toughen COVID-19 restrictions, and some push back.