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A Plan to Kill High School Transcripts … and Transform College Admissions
More than 100 elite private high schools aim to replace traditional transcripts with competency-based, nonstandardized documents -- with no grades. They plan to expand to public high schools, with goal of completely changing how students are evaluated.
Demanding Results on Transfer
Unusual foundation grant will pay for community colleges and four-year institutions to improve their transfer pathways, with goal of 30 percent bump in four-year degrees earned by community college graduates.
How Far Is Too Far in Admissions Marketing?
Experts consider how colleges can differentiate themselves from their competitors -- without trash-talking.
Opinion
Ethical College Admissions: Questions From Vietnam
A student wonders whether an admissions service is being ethical. Jim Jump, in the debut of his column at Admissions Insider, has some doubts.
Opinion
Making Liberal Arts Angst Work for High School Applicants
Richard DiFeliciantonio offers tips for counselors.
Success With Fee-Free Applications
Bowdoin, CUNY and Trinity of Connecticut all see gains from key shift for this admissions cycle.
Making Marquette More Diverse
To attract Latino students, university links to a network of Catholic high schools, builds transfer relationships with community colleges, and adds Spanish-speaking staffers.
Defying the Odds on Yield
Free tuition in New York State was supposed to make it impossible for places like Nazareth College to build a class. Yet the private college's yield is up and it will enroll a larger class this fall, without increasing the discount rate.