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The New SAT
Test will be offered in digital format only and will be two hours instead of three, among other changes.
Supreme Court Takes Affirmative Action Cases
It will review decision finding Harvard’s admissions practices to be legal and another that upheld UNC Chapel Hill’s practices.
‘God, Grades & Graduation’
Author explains her book about the “surprising” academic success of religious students.
The Week in Admissions News
Cal State to follow UC on test blind; new study of economic mobility; mistakenly awarded scholarships; a fake university; basic income for low-income students.
Coalition Plans New Application
It is also changing its technology partner.
A Clear Divide for the Supreme Court
In taking the affirmative action cases involving Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill, the Supreme Court will decide whether colleges can consider race in admissions. The advice on what to do is already pouring in.
A Radical Approach to Who Gets In
Report by NACAC and NASFAA calls for major changes in the systems used to admit and award aid to students. Failure to do so, the report says, will perpetuate racial inequity.
Will Test Optional Become the ‘New Normal’?
As more colleges embrace the practice for a few years—or permanently—the debate is changing.