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The Week in Admissions News
Protest over legacy preferences; free application for aid; progress with vaccine mandates; Pell Grant taxability; impact of student debt on lawyers; antigay policies.
Drew Takes Unusual Approach to Filling Classes
If students regret not applying or enrolling this fall, it will still let them.
NACAC Broadens Its Mission
Admissions group’s new goal: “Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy and community.”
Getting Minority Graduate Students May Not Be Easy
Survey of potential students finds those in minority groups were more affected by the pandemic and are quite price-sensitive when making decisions.
A Win for Pandemic-Impacted PIs
Following criticism that its policy on extensions for early-career scientists disproportionately impacted women, whose careers have already been unevenly affected by COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health changes course.
Ethical College Admissions: Does ‘U.S. News’ Trust, but Not Verify?
Some figures in the new rankings intrigued Jim Jump -- so he checked up on the magazine.