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A Challenge Over a Challenged SAT Score

A student's score went way up the second time she took the SAT. A civil rights lawyer is demanding that ETS and College Board validate the second score.
Opinion

Ethical College Admissions: What We Know

Jim Jump reviews the data on test-optional policies and considers what he would still like to know.
Opinion

Fresh Eyes on the Campus Tour

Patrick O’Connor takes his first multicollege trip for counselors and emerges impressed.

Temple Will Pay $5.5M to Settle Suits Over False Rankings Data

University admitted that its business school submitting fabricated statistics for years to U.S. News. Students filed a class action.

The Last 2 Weeks in Admissions News

Transgender students; completion rates; random roommates; FAFSA simplification.

Federal Shutdown Includes Agencies Supporting Research

Grant checks from NSF and other funders won't go out. Meetings on grant applications won't take place. Impact will grow with length of standoff. Trump threat on border with Mexico alarms some Texas campuses.

Push for Student-Level Data the Feds Don’t Collect

Major education foundations aren't waiting for Congress to provide data needed to better analyze and serve students. They've partnered to get the data themselves and are encouraging more colleges to join them.
Opinion

Focus on the Students When a College Closes

To help manage career college closures and protect students, Steve Gunderson backs a proposal for the sector to fund a new federal coordinating office.