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Ethical College Admissions: MIT, Diamonds in the Rough and the Testing Culture Wars

Will MIT change and challenge the test-optional movement? Jim Jump considers the possibilities.
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Measuring University Impact

New rankings measure institutions on their contributions to meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Phil Baty writes.

Rising Freshmen’s Concern With College Costs Has Limits

Students would give a lower rank to a college if it cut nonacademic amenities to save money, survey finds.

How Stevens Tech Attracts Applicants and Students

Different strategies work for undergraduate and graduate admissions.

More Students Are Using Their Own Money to Pay for College

Forty-five percent said they paid for their education with their own savings and income. That’s an eight-percentage-point increase over 2019.
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More Than FAFSA

Rebecca Vidra writes of her surprise at how much her daughter had to do to apply for aid.

The Week in Admissions News

Some loans to be forgiven; diversity confusion at Point Park; NACAC to study test-optional policies; Grove City says it’s not woke.

Williams Gets More Generous With Aid

College will be all grants, no loans for all students, regardless of family income. No students will have to hold down jobs, even in the summer.