Filter & Sort
Admitting Those Who Don't Look Like You
Panel at NACAC takes on practices it identifies as reinforcing racism and white privilege in college admissions and counseling.
The Week in Admissions News
Common App and Reach Higher; public service loan forgiveness; free college; serving black students.
ACT Calls Off Oct. 2 Test
Testing service announces unspecified security issue.
A Wet Blanket on Idaho's Blanket Admissions
Some have praised Idaho's 2015 move to tell all qualifying high school seniors they are admitted to public colleges, but high school counselors and college admissions officers say details have been bedeviling.
Opinion
Ethical College Admissions: The NACAC Meeting
The annual gathering of thousands provides insights into challenges facing the admissions profession and the organization, writes Jim Jump.
Duke Bans the Box
University says it will stop asking job applicants to disclose their past criminal convictions and will wait to do background checks until an applicant has been approved for hire.
Mixed Views on AP Courses
Many fear students feel pressure to take too many of them. Admissions directors say they respect other kinds of rigorous courses just as much.
The 2018 Surveys of Admissions Leaders: The Pressure Grows
Not only are a majority of colleges failing to fill their new classes by May 1, the traditional target date...