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New Front in Fight Over Affirmative Action

Lawsuit seeks information on candidates for admission throughout University of California campuses, seeking to demonstrate that race continues to be a factor in admissions.

New Data on Admissions: Criteria That Matter, Early Decision and More

"State of College Admission" finds colleges focus more on academics than personal characteristics and value first-generation status over race/ethnicity.

The Week in Admissions News

Out-of-state tuition rates; graduation rates; another loss of a women's college; righting a wrong.

Stanford's (Now Truthful) Aid Policy for M.B.A. Admits

A year after revelation that university's business school lied for years about how it used aid to build its class, a new approach is announced.

Making the Message Simple and Direct

Experiment in California suggests that the right kind of outreach can increase the participation of low-income students in aid programs.

Momentum for Prison Education

Prison education programs are thriving and enjoy bipartisan backing, but colleges say they could do more with federal and state funding.

New Criticisms of GRE

Study questions utility of the test in doctoral admissions for STEM programs. ETS says the study isn't about what the exam is intended to do.

The Week in Admissions News

Public higher ed; Democratic proposals; compilation on graduate education.