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Students

Will High School Activism Hurt Your College Chances?

Students risked disciplinary action at nearly 3,000 high schools in the first nationwide walkout for gun policy reform in March. But they most likely didn’t risk their hopes for college admission. “Attention HS students: @AdelphiU fully supports your desire to stand up for your beliefs. Participation in non-violent demonstrations has never and will never affect […]

April 18, 2018

Students

Recruitment Changes Needed to Expand Access to Higher Ed

Admissions policies in higher-ranking universities and colleges favor high-achieving applicants. While much has been written about access, affordability, diversity and student loans, the focus on GPA, aptitude tests and the reputation-enhancing concept of “selectivity” has negatively impacted minorities and underprivileged applicants.

March 25, 2018

Opinion

A Call for Elite Schools to Redefine ‘Merit’

I simply refuse to believe that talent is clustered within those who have the most. I am convinced that talent is universal, yet our highly selective colleges and universities mostly value the former.

February 19, 2018

Students

More Women’s Colleges Admitting Transgender Students

A wave of women’s colleges have begun admitting transgender women. But even as many schools embrace shifting views on gender, some have been reluctant to change amid lingering differences over the role of women’s colleges.

September 5, 2017

Home

New Application Tool is Revolutionizing College Admissions

Jewel White, who recently completed two years at Thomas Nelson Community College, looked to ZeeMee—a collegiate application aid tool—to strengthen her resume. She said that the extra link she gave to Virginia Tech provided personal information that admissions counselors couldn’t find in the average college application

August 8, 2017

Students

Maryland Bill Restricting Crime-record Use in School Admission Vetoed

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed a bill on Friday that would stop public colleges from using information about a student’s criminal history to automatically restrict a student’s admission. Hogan said he supports policies that recognize people have potential, despite criminal histories. However, the governor said he believes the bill jeopardizes student safety […]

May 29, 2017

Students

A Critical View of College Admissions

The entire admissions processes (barely changed over the decades apart from the introduction of technology) is troubling on so many levels that it is hard to describe the key levers for possible change.

April 9, 2017

Students

Scholars: Fisher Decision Gives Colleges ‘Breathing Room’ to Consider Race in Admissions

A number of scholars say the Supreme Court’s decision signals that the “race-neutral” alternatives that Fisher argued should be used in college admissions would be an ineffective way to achieve diversity and that race still is necessary to accomplish this end.

June 23, 2016

Students

Supreme Court Rejects Fisher, Upholds Use of Race in College Admissions

The U.S. Supreme Court handed the University of Texas at Austin a major victory in support of its right to consider race and ethnicity as a component of its admissions policy.

June 23, 2016