Tag: college admissions
Massachusetts Issues Guidance to State Colleges on Promoting Diversity in Admissions
On Monday, Massachusetts issued guidance on how state colleges and universities can persist in their efforts to promote equal access and representation in higher...
Common App Will Allow Colleges to Hide Race, Ethnicity Information
The Common App announced this week it will offer colleges the option to hide information related to applicants' race and ethnicity in response to...
Justice Department Weighs in on Antitrust Lawsuit Against Elite Universities
The U.S. Department of Justice issued a statement of interest this week in support of an antitrust lawsuit that claims 16 elite universities colluded...
Paul Quinn College Admits Students and Family Members in Unique Recruiting...
More than 400 students from area high schools in Fort Worth, Texas, were surprised with acceptance letters to Paul Quinn College during a basketball...
Education Organizations Rally Against Legacy Admissions
On Wednesday, more than 20 education organizations pushed higher education leaders to eliminate legacy admissions in an open letter addressed to college and university...
Federal Judge Says UNC Chapel Hill Can Consider Race in Admissions...
A federal judge ruled Monday that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill) can continue using race as a factor...
Pandemic Has Surprising Effects on Diversity in Elite College Admissions
After more than a year of declining enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities, some higher education institutions are seeing an admissions boom.
Common App, which...
Research Sheds Light on Diversity and Bias in Veterinary School Admissions
A recent study on the demographics of veterinary school admissions reveals that “unintended bias still exists despite recent efforts to be more inclusive and...
Civil Rights Advocates Condemn New Yale Discrimination Lawsuit
Last week, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a group against the use of race-based college admissions, filed a new discrimination lawsuit against Yale University...
College Board Eliminates SAT Subject Tests and Essay Section
On Tuesday, the College Board announced it will discontinue SAT subject-matter tests and the optional essay section in an effort to reduce student workload...
California Voters Uphold Affirmative Action Ban
This week, Californians voted to keep a 24-year-old affirmative action ban intact.
The proposal, known as Proposition 16, would have repealed a 1996 statute that...
Race-Based Admissions Still Hang in the Balance
California voters will have the opportunity to repeal a 24-year-old ban on affirmative action when they head to the polls on November 3.
Several recent...
Coronavirus Creates Challenges for College Admissions
College admissions officials are being forced to rethink their metrics for admitting students for the 2021-2022 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Angel Pérez,...
Operation Varsity Blues Update: What Happened in 2019 and What to...
It has been nearly a year since the FBI exposed the country’s largest college admissions scandal that involved more than 50 parents shelling out...
Who Will Clean Up After the Scandal? Admissions, Athletics, Lawmakers, and...
The largest college admission scam in recent history has resulted in more than 50 indictments connected to a multimillion-dollar racketeering ring. The scandal raises...
Physics Is the Least Diverse of the Sciences, and the GRE...
The graduate record exam (GRE) might not be the best admissions assessment for students hoping to pursue a PhD in physics, according to a...
Dozens Charged in College Admissions Conspiracy, Including Actresses Felicity Huffman and...
More than 40 individuals including parents, sports coaches, and college prep executives have been accused of participating in a massive conspiracy to admit students to prestigious...
