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New Doubts on Using ‘Grit’ to Identify Student Talent
New round of research questions whether the quality is well defined and whether it can be useful in admissions.
The Week in Admissions News
The growing “tuition reset” trend; Colleges Scorecard is back; grad school enrollment trends; SAT scores; new college enrollment projections; Campus Management buys five product lines from Hobsons.
‘Inheriting Possibility’ Offers Critique of Standardized Testing
Author discusses new book in which he takes a long-term and philosophical look at what he sees as the flaws in the way society evaluates talent.
A ‘New Normal’ in STEM Teaching?
AAU wanted to improve science education beyond an instructor-by-instructor basis. Five years on, a major initiative piloted on eight campuses seems to be working.
New Presidents or Provosts: Creighton U, Eastern New Mexico U, Guilford College, Montana State U, Mount Royal U, Rutgers U-New Brunswick, Spelman College, U.S. Army War College
Frank Boyd, associate provost at Illinois Wesleyan University, has been selected as vice president of academic affairs and academic dean...
Star-Spangled Protest
Band members from Cornell and Brown take a knee, as do football players at the University of New Mexico. Off the field, protests continue.
Senate Budget Resolution Leaves Out Many Cuts
A Senate budget resolution released by Republican leaders Friday left out reconciliation language from an earlier House budget blueprint that...
IRS Restores Data Retrieval Tool for FAFSA
The IRS and the Department of Education on Sunday restored the data retrieval tool that allows students to automatically import...