Tag: College admissions
How Indian American spelling bee dominance may fuel educational inequities
Pawan Dhingra, Amherst College
Harini Logan, a cheerful 14-year-old from San Antonio, Texas, made history on June 2, 2022....
Top athletes have special advantages entering college, like children of alumni
Rick Eckstein, Villanova University
In recent years, colleges have paid more attention to complaints that their admissions decisions give...
Why Indian American spelling bee success is more than just an...
Pawan Dhingra, Amherst College
Over the past 20 years, Indian Americans have come to dominate the Scripps National Spelling Bee even though they comprise only...
Simply scrapping the SAT won’t make colleges more diverse
Guadalupe I. Lozano, University of Arizona
When the University of California decided in early 2020 to stop using the ACT and SAT in admissions by...
5 ways that the coronavirus will change college admissions this fall
Robert Massa, University of Southern California
Editor’s note: The new coronavirus is spreading across the United States just as many high school seniors were applying...
The SAT’s new ‘adversity score’ is a poor fix for a...
Leigh Patel, University of Pittsburgh
The College Board recently revealed a new “adversity score” that it plans to use as part of the SAT in...
Why rich parents are more likely to be unethical
David M. Mayer, University of Michigan
Federal attorneys have arrested 50 people in a college admission scam that allowed wealthy parents to buy their kids’...
Why meritocracy is a myth in college admissions
Morgan Polikoff, University of Southern California; Jerome A Lucido, University of Southern California, and Julie Renee Posselt, University of Southern California
The most damaging myth...
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NFL tells players patriotism is more important than protest – here’s...
Chad Williams, Brandeis University
The recent decision by the NFL regarding player protests and the national anthem has yet again exposed the fraught relationship between...
