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Opinion
Waiving Fees and Other Measures to Improve College Access
Institutions need to continue to waive fees and implement cost-saving measures for students post-COVID, writes Provost Denise Runge.
Are Rankings Being Rigged (Again)?
Two lawsuits charge that the Rutgers Business School inflated its rank by hiring its own students through a placement company.
Who Is Still Accepting Applications?
NACAC releases its annual list, and it’s early.
The Week in Admissions News
Sentencing of parents for cheating on son’s SAT; courseware to close equity gaps; religion on campus; HBCUs look at satellite campuses; statement in defense of holds.
A Positive Change for a Negative Label
California State University, Fullerton, sought to make students feel less defeated about being placed on academic probation, so administrators banished “probation” from the institution’s official lexicon.
Students Desperately Seek a Way Out of Afghanistan
After nearly eight months of Taliban rule, about 350 students are still stranded at the American University of Afghanistan, unable to get visas out of Kabul, where they fear for their lives.
Opinion
A Partial Lottery for More Equity
The most competitive colleges would benefit if they admitted some students largely by chance, writes Daniel R. Schwarz.
Howard U Moves Classes Online
Howard University will hold only online undergraduate classes (except for lab classes) during the final weeks of the spring semester...