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  • A new suit charges Rutgers rigged the M.B.A. rankings of U.S. News & World Report by having a temp agency hire unemployed alumni to work at the university.
  • President Biden says federal student loans do not have to be repaid until Sept. 1. He also erases defaults for millions of students.
  • The Common Application, which has more than 900 members, has just added 50 more.
  • A petition and a letter asking state officials to investigate claims of critical race theory at Virginia Military Institute are the latest salvos in an ongoing conflict between leadership and alumni.
  • A new social media app encourages students to post authentic snapshots of their lives at a random moment every day. There’s a lot of pressure on students to “be real”—but not too real.

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