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The Week in Admissions News

University of Missouri system extends test-optional policy; New York fines the College Board for selling student data; Wisconsin approves guaranteed admissions.

A Forgotten Voice Is Heard: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Ken Jones, professor of theater at Northern Kentucky University, explains how the arts can bring...
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Maryland House Passes Legacy Ban

The Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill Thursday that would ban the consideration of legacy status in admissions for...
A standardized test answer sheet with bubbles filled in. A pencil and a small circular clock sit atop the sheet.

What to Make of Dartmouth?

Jim Jump considers Dartmouth’s decision to reinstate standardized testing “in context.”

Students walk under a canopy of trees along a brick pathway on a campus

A FAFSA of Their Own

After months of FAFSA delays and missteps, some colleges are sending students homemade aid forms and early offer estimates. That could be a risky gambit.

Three wooden blocks that read "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion."

What’s Lost in Dismantling DEI Offices

Colleges should back up their diversity commitments in their organizational structures, Eugene T. Parker III writes.

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What Helps Students Feel Like They Belong?

Research from the University of Illinois finds college students derive belongingness from four factors. Having the cultural capital to navigate higher education matters most to students from racial and ethnic minority groups.

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College Leaders Crack Down on Student Protests

MIT, Stanford and Brown have taken tougher steps to restrict and punish student protesters, prompting criticism by free speech advocates and the demonstrators themselves.