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The Week in Admissions News
Law schools may eventually go test optional; U of Tennessee restores test requirement; affirmative action brief filed with Supreme Court; AP credits; lockdowns in China; recruiting students and their family members.
Student Loans More Popular With Older Americans
Fifty-five percent of those 60 and older said “the value of a college education is worth it even if someone needs loans to attend.”
Transfer Enrollment Falls Sharply
A new study finds that transfer enrollment from two- to four-year institutions dropped precipitously across all demographics and institutions. The consequences could be stark for underserved students.
All in the Family
A spate of initiatives across the country are bringing high school graduates and their relatives to college in hopes of improving the financial status of families and increasing college retention rates.
The Magnitude of Affirmative Action
Study finds large advantages for Black and Latinx applicants to Harvard and University of North Carolina. Is it valid? Will this sway the Supreme Court?
What If Colleges Used to Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants?
New study suggests that top colleges perhaps used to discriminate against Asian Americans, but they may have abandoned the practice.
Poll Finds the Public Doesn’t Favor Affirmative Action
Pew poll of American adults finds 74 percent think race and ethnicity should not be considered in admissions decisions. For gender, 82 percent think it shouldn’t be considered.
Blame the Deans
Law firm says former dean of education left out data that would bring down University of Southern California’s score from 2013 to 2020, and the current dean did so in 2021, before coming clean to the provost.