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Legacy’s ‘Last Stand’ in Connecticut
State lawmakers are considering a groundbreaking bill to ban legacy preferences at public and private colleges. Powerful institutions like Yale are fighting to stop it.
‘Another Unforced Error’ in the FAFSA Fiasco
The education department said calculation errors rendered hundreds of thousands of student aid forms unusable, setting time-strapped colleges back further.
High Schools Say They’re Falling Short on College Prep
Reinstating Tests Is a Step Back for Access
The reasons elite colleges give for reinstating their standardized test requirements don’t stand up to scrutiny, Audrey Fisch writes.
et tu Yale and Brown (and UT-Austin)?
Jim Jump reflects on moves by three more universities to reinstate standardized test requirements.
Student Aid Forms Start Trickling In
After a two-month delay, the U.S. Education Department began sending FAFSA forms to colleges last week. College officials are eager to get to work, but slow pace and technical holdups threaten further delays.
The Politics of College Choice
Research shows that students care a great deal about the policies of the state in which they attend college, especially on issues like gun control and abortion.
Let’s Have Better Debates About Standardized Tests
Ben Paris argues that test critics downplay the disadvantages of test-optional policies.