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Collective Punishment, Early Decision Edition
Punishing every student at a school because a single student broke an early-decision commitment is poor form.
Trump’s DEI Crackdown Closes 120 TRIO Programs
Multiple programs had their grants terminated for saying they hoped to enroll roughly equal numbers of male and female students, leaving high schoolers without college-access resources at the start of the admissions cycle.
The Enrollment Cliff Is Worse Than We Think
The challenge is far greater if we pay attention to college-readiness data.
Where Is This Year’s Demographic Enrollment Data?
According to one researcher, far fewer selective colleges have posted the racial makeup of their incoming classes as compared to this time last year.
Normalize the Gap Year
The gap year model is due for a reset, and admissions professionals have a role in helping make that happen, Carol Langlois and Becky Mulholland write.
Colleges Push Back Against Trump’s Effort to Collect More Admissions Data
Institutions and advocates took issue with the proposal’s vague language and lack of privacy safeguards as well as the vast time and effort needed to collect the required data.
Princeton Will Require Standardized Test Scores Again
Only one Ivy League institution, Columbia University, still has a test-optional policy in place. Advocates for the policies note that the large majority of universities haven’t returned to requiring test scores.
In Trump’s America, Admissions Counselors Persevere
At the annual gathering of over 6,100 high school guidance counselors and college admissions officers, attendees sought to better understand how, exactly, the Trump administration’s war on higher education would impact them.