Traditional-Age

Sarah Lawrence College will ask applicants about the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban, quoting directly from the decision. Is it a savvy workaround or a brash rejoinder?

The Supreme Court’s decision only explicitly addressed admissions. But legal experts say it could have much broader implications and that colleges would be wise to prepare accordingly.

The Supreme Court did not reject the notion that universities have a compelling interest in promoting a diverse student class, Jeffrey S. Lehman writes.

Three private universities in California say they admitted students in recent years who didn’t meet the institutions’ academic requirements.

Enrollment in the state has plummeted, but it has one of the highest ratios of institutions to students in the country. The result is fierce competition over a dwindling pool of applicants.

The most powerful contemporary magic is to transform money into “merit,” Musa al-Gharbi writes.

It may help to identify minority students, but experts caution against expecting essays to replace affirmative action.