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Be Careful What You Wish For
Study finds that when top colleges give more weight to interviews and essays, seeking more diversity, they may get less. Giving less weight to standardized testing, on the other hand, works.
The Week in Admissions News
Latinx challenges; civil liberties and suspensions; student trust; Airbnb rules.
57th Person Indicted in Admissions Scandal
Another parent charged with cheating to get his daughter into Georgetown.
No SAT in Egypt for This Academic Year
College Board cancels all exams for the country, citing test security issues.
Opinion
Pulling Rank
Want to address systemic racism at business schools? Let’s start with M.B.A. program rankings, write seven business school scholars.
Opinion
We Must Change How We Fund Graduate School
Channeling more funding directly to grad students would diversify academe and enhance the scientific enterprise, argue Kafui Dzirasa, Christopher D. Lynn, Jin Kim Montclare, Leia Stirling and Bill Wuest.
When Asian Students Don't Get Into Their First-Choice College
They end up doing just as well, study says.
How Did a College You've Probably Not Heard of Do Well on Admissions?
How an under-the-radar college in South Carolina nailed its admissions year.