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Common App Sees Rise in Minority Applicants

Between 2013–14 and 2021–22, total applications grew by 72 percent. Underrepresented minority applicants grew by 131 percent.

How to (and How Not to) Recruit Minority Students

At NACAC meeting, educators share tips for how colleges can land a diverse student body. And others caution about what not to do.

The Week in Admissions News

Purchasing lists of prospective students called “structurally racist”; transfer policies; Black students and community colleges; students and internships.

Intellectuals at the Gate

The creator of a new podcast discusses the barriers the Ivy League erected to limit the number of Jewish students in the 1920s, and how the quota system has evolved since.
Opinion

Flawed Survey on the 'Liberal Arts'

Studies that don't clearly define key terms reinforce misunderstanding rather than guiding students and families.

What Are the Liberal Arts?

New study shows most high school seniors have little idea.

The Week in Admissions News

Transfer enrollments continue to fall; international applications grow; Democrats want more help for parents; stay for Yeshiva University lifted.

New Trial Ordered for Ex-Coach in Admissions Scandal

Judge says conviction may have been based on faulty evidence.