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Shift for Education Conservancy
One of the values of the Education Conservancy -- a group committed to reforming college admissions -- is that "students...
Curbing Boasts About Test Prep
The Princeton Review, a leading test-prep company, has agreed to stop using claims about average score gains in its marketing...
Methodology Change for Ph.D. Rankings
The National Research Council -- responding to criticism it received in the internal peer review of its forthcoming doctoral program...
The Early Word on Yield
One quick way to tell what kind of year colleges are having as far as the admissions "yield" -- the...
Understanding Transfer Admissions
All of the admissions hysteria in full swing this time of year tends to suggest that nothing could be more...
Marketing to the World
WASHINGTON – Thinking that a trip to a developing country might be a break from the TV commercials, Web ads...
AP: Good but Oversold?
The Advanced Placement program is becoming more and more popular, with 25 percent of high school graduates taking at least...
Aim High Without Fear
New research discounts idea that those who aspire to a college degree and fail to attain one will suffer psychological damage.