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Initiative aimed at increasing Pell-eligible student enrollment at high-performing colleges is doing well. But a sudden plateau in progress shows hard choices colleges may need to make to move forward.

Why not give extra points on the SAT?

Loyola New Orleans has an unusual approach to yield.

With decision by Harvey Mudd, only MIT requires all students to submit SAT Subject Tests. And MIT is looking at its policy.

Advanced Placement participation and exam scores have been on the rise over the last decade. But access for specific groups of underserved students continues to fall behind and in some cases has declined over the last year, College Board says.

NACAC guidelines changed in September. Now, new research suggests a substantial minority of enrollment officers are considering more aggressively recruiting students from other institutions.

Panel of professors back keeping SAT or ACT at the University of California, for now, but other colleges continue to drop them as requirements.