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The Numbers and the Arguments on Asian Admissions
Justice Department inquiry renews debate over whether top colleges hold some applicants to an unfair standard -- and what the data say about Asian-American applicants.
The Week in Admissions News
Anger over Justice Department investigation of affirmative action; Irvine admits those whose acceptances it revoked; Rhode Island adopts free community college.
More Evidence of Trump Impact on International Admissions
Not all prospective international students have changed their view of the United States, but plenty have -- especially from the Middle East and North Africa.
Northwestern Professor and Oxford Employee, Wanted for Murder, Surrender
Wyndham Lathem, an associate professor at Northwestern University, and Andrew Warren, a senior treasury adviser at Somerville College, of the...
NSF Grant Saves Rare Plants From Fire at Vermont
An investment in 2014 paid off for the University of Vermont -- and the botany world in general -- on...
Academic Minute: Stem Cells and Muscle Decay
Today on the Academic Minute, Joseph Chakkalakal, assistant professor in the department of orthopedics at the University of Rochester, looks...
Water Tower Promotes ‘Wichita Staty Universite’
It was an honest misteak. A misspelling on a water tower landed Wichita State University in the news over the...
Singapore Banishes American Academic
Singapore ordered the expulsion of an American academic whom it accused of being “an agent of influence” for an unspecified...