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Students' Hateful Speech Results in Rescinded Acceptance
Jun 05, 2020
Incoming and current college students are being reported to their universities for racist speech on social media related to national discussions on police brutality and racial injustice.
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2019 Survey of Admissions Leaders: The Pressure Grows

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Why campuses should support affirmative action more strongly than ever (essay)
August 4, 2017

Michael S. Roth discusses why we must resist efforts to restrict affirmative action.

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Experts consider where colleges could face the most scrutiny over affirmative action
August 3, 2017

U of Texas prevailed in affirmative action case in large part because of its research. Will other colleges be able to match that analysis? And will legal and political battles change if focus is on rejected Asian-American applicants?

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Report: Justice Department will seek to sue colleges over affirmative action
August 2, 2017

Trump administration plans to investigate and sue colleges and universities over admissions practices.

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Order on transgender troops could shake up service academies
July 27, 2017

Military academies have had transgender students, but impact of president's shift is unknown.

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Study says common admissions practice -- measuring 'demonstrated interest' -- favors wealthier applicants
July 27, 2017

Many colleges favor applicants who show "demonstrated interest" -- and the way they measure it puts those without money at a disadvantage, study finds.

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Surveys document declines in international student yield rates
July 7, 2017

At undergraduate level, Southern institutions appear to be having a tougher time attracting students from outside the U.S. Nearly half of graduate deans see declines at the master’s level, and 31 percent at the Ph.D. level.

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21,000 apply for Excelsior Scholarship over five days
June 14, 2017

New York’s much-debated free public college tuition program received 21,000 applications in five days, a quick start even as many colleges project few students will receive aid from the effort.

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California State University looks to end placement exams
June 13, 2017

Move is part of a goal to significantly raise graduation rates.

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University of Maine sees slower growth in second year of Flagship Match program
May 11, 2017

University of Maine sleds uphill by trying to draw students from faraway California and Illinois with program matching in-state flagship rates of other states, but sees yet more gains from New England.

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Top private high schools start campaign to kill traditional transcripts and change college admissions
May 10, 2017

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.

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