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A broken pencil on a multiple-choice test form
A broken pencil on a multiple-choice test form

Layoffs and ‘Transformation’ at a Testing Titan

September 29, 2023

ETS, which administers the SAT and owns the GRE, laid off 6 percent of its workforce. Some say the blow reflects the diminished role of testing in college admissions.

A Black man in a blue suit and tie and a Latino man in a gray suit and tie face off over the U.S. Capitol
A Black man in a blue suit and tie and a Latino man in a gray suit and tie face off over the U.S. Capitol

A Political Standoff Over Affirmative Action

September 29, 2023

Politicians are settling into entrenched positions in the fight over how to interpret the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban. Where does that leave colleges?

People walk past a sign that says NACAC in a convention center hall
People walk past a sign that says NACAC in a convention center hall

Dispatch From a Post–Affirmative Action NACAC

September 25, 2023

College admissions counselors gathered at their annual conference last week, where the end of affirmative action loomed large among a host of other issues from a tumultuous year.

An illustration of angry people in suits yelling at the Best Colleges U.S. News logo
An illustration of angry people in suits yelling at the Best Colleges U.S. News logo

Rankled by Rankings

September 22, 2023

Shifts in methodology scrambled the usual hierarchy of U.S. News’s annual college rankings, prompting a fierce backlash from some higher ed leaders.