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Big Step Toward Test Optional in Law School Admissions
American Bar Association panel votes to lift test requirement, but group’s governing body must still approve the change. Sixty deans opposed the move.
Opinion
Pet Peeves in College Admissions
Jim Jump offers some easy ways colleges could improve the admissions process.
The Week in Admissions News
High student voter turnout; calls to extend the pause on loan repayments; settlement of suit against Education Department; student loans and bankruptcy.
Law Schools Reject ‘U.S. News’ Rankings
Berkeley, Columbia, Georgetown and Stanford join movement started by Harvard and Yale. U.S. News vows to continue ranking law schools.
Harvard and Yale Law Schools Reject ‘U.S. News’ Rankings
Deans issue separate scathing attacks on the methodology used in the rankings.
International Students Return to U.S.
The total number of international students in the U.S. increased by 4 percent in the 2021–22 academic year and an additional 9 percent this fall, following a 15 percent drop in 2020–21.
Seeking Students With Grit
University of Utah hopes to expand a program that diversifies the institution—and that should survive a Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.
The Week in Admissions News
Another Varsity Blues sentence; moving forward on FAFSA simplification; frictionless syllabus access.