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The $6.5 Million Parents, a Video and More Guilty Pleas
Mother in case says she was fooled; her daughter boasts of hard work; more admissions of guilt … and more humor.
Data Set Analysis
Are the secrets to solving our problems hiding in plain sight? In today's Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...
Washington State Plans to Restore Affirmative Action
Legislature repeals ban imposed by voters, but opponents of consideration of race in admissions are already mobilizing for a new vote.
$25 Million Defamation Lawsuit in Rankings Dispute
Former dean of Temple business school, which admitted the fabrication of data for rankings, says he has been made into a scapegoat and had his reputation tarnished unfairly. University vows to fight in court.
Colliding Values at Doane
University library exhibit included photos of students from the 1920s in blackface. Now the library director is suspended -- and some of her faculty colleagues say Doane made the wrong call.
Brown Reflects on 50 Years of ‘Open’ Curriculum
Educators from the university and elsewhere consider whether innovation is still possible in liberal arts education.
New Reports on Admissions
Hundreds of colleges still have space; survey of parents finds concerns on jobs; what adult learners are looking for.
The Week in Admissions News
Med school admissions preferences; New College agrees to reforms; skepticism on free college.