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The Lay of the Land
Third-party pathway programs have a wide range of academic and financial models. Here's an overview and some of the key corporate players.
Opinion
Ethical College Admissions: A Tale of Two Washington and Lees
Jim Jump considers an attempt to confront an institution's history.
The Week in Admissions News
Graduate student loans; mobility and minority-serving institutions; Google.
A Student, a Worried Girlfriend, a Shared Password and an Admissions Lawsuit
Judge orders now ex-girlfriend to pay $284,000 for sabotaging a dream acceptance.
Smoking Gun on Anti-Asian Bias at Harvard?
Internal reports, released by those suing the university, show use of personality rankings in ways that hurt Asian applicants' chances of admission. Under academic criteria only, their numbers would go way up.
New Concordance Tables Have Arrived
ACT and College Board release new version of tool to compare scores on ACT and SAT.
States Struggle to Close Degree-Attainment Gaps
Across the country very little progress has been made in closing degree-attainment gaps among white, black and Latino adults, hindering goals to increase the overall number of adults with degrees.
Connecting Cashiers to College Degrees
Walmart and other large employers are turning to for-profit Guild Education to manage tuition-reimbursement programs. Walmart's offer promises a debt-free college education to its employees, but academic program choices are limited.