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Brigham Young Gave a Point to Male Applicants
Leaked documents show an advantage for men over women, using a numerical formula. University says it has shifted to holistic admissions.
Internet Backs Cat Banned From Macalester Library
Macalester College has a repeat offender who won’t stop breaking into the library. It’s not a cat burglar, but it...
Academic Minute: Peace Literature
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Whitworth University Week, Casey Andrews, associate professor of English at Whitworth, discusses how...
Booster Schemes Persist at Mississippi
University of Mississippi has been punished yet again by the NCAA for giving cash to recruits, its third such violation since 1986.
Admissions Insider: Do Weighted GPAs Matter?
This week in “Admissions Insider”: Do high schools really help students when they weight grade point averages? Medical schools are...
Diversity and Medical School Admissions
Share of white students has dropped significantly in last 35 years, but Asian-Americans are alone among minority groups in seeing substantial gains. Black applicants have lowest admit rates.
Pyrotechnic Art for Anniversary of Nuclear Reaction
The University of Chicago held a series of events this weekend to mark the 75th anniversary of the first nuclear...
The Week in Admissions News
Uncomfortable men; DeVos and degrees; FAFSA goes mobile; a plan to reform undergraduate education.