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Senate Passes Tax Bill With Major Implications for Higher Ed
Legislation would tax largest private college endowments, create new cost burdens for business unrelated to educational mission and could put new strains on state budgets that fund public universities.
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.
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.
What If Weighted GPAs Are Meaningless?
At competitive high schools, students boast of averages that are well above 4.0. Does anyone take the numbers seriously? Could they be doing damage?
The Week in Admissions News
Uncomfortable men; DeVos and degrees; FAFSA goes mobile; a plan to reform undergraduate education.
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.
A Police Chief and a Faculty Love Triangle
The University of Cincinnati police chief was supposed to investigate threats stemming from an alleged affair between faculty members. Instead, an outside report says, he contacted the woman involved “well beyond any investigative imperative.”
New Questions on UConn Incident
Woman who grabbed papers from controversial speaker, initially believed to be student, turns out to be community college administrator.