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Hendrix's Odyssey
For Hendrix College, the past decade ushered in a series of unfortunate events. A popular state scholarship program that had...
New Questions on Test Bias
For many years, critics of the SAT have cited a verbal question involving the word "regatta" as an example of...
Vying for Limited Slots
Community colleges pride themselves on open admissions policies. But an increasing number are moving to competitive admissions in nursing programs...
How to Test Writing
The College Board has revamped the tests used by students at many colleges to either place out of introductory composition...
Multiple Task Questions
The Graduate Management Admission Test -- the dominant test for M.B.A. admissions, but one that is facing competition -- will...
Finding Applicants Who Plagiarize
It wasn't that hard for admissions officers for the M.B.A. program at Pennsylvania State University to figure out that they...
'The World's Honors College?'
Symone Gamble, 17, of Frisco, Texas, was dead-set on attending Princeton University. Then she noticed a booklet about New York...
New Evidence of Racial Bias on SAT
A new study may revive arguments that the average test scores of black students trail those of white students not...