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Affirmative Action and Anti–Asian American Bias
Supporters of affirmative action need to reckon with disturbing facts showing apparent bias against Asian American applicants, Jonathan Zimmerman writes.
The Week in Admissions News
Common App study of applicants who apply to many colleges; campaign to prove “college is worth it”; bridges to the liberal arts for community colleges.
The Stories Most Read in 2022
Direct admissions, calculus and rankings dominated the list, but what was No. 1?
No Discipline Is Less Valuable Than Another
Discounting humanities tuition is a slippery slope built on unchallenged and false assumptions about the value of the disciplines.
$100 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins in Bologna
Johns Hopkins University has announced a $100 million gift for School of Advanced International Studies campus in Bologna, Italy. The...
College Towns for Students on a Budget
A new study examines which college towns are the best places for students on a budget, The New York Times...
Making Blood Stem Cells on a Microchip
Stem cell research can be politically divisive. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of New South Wales’s Robert Nordon says...