Tag: College admissions
Test prep is a rite of passage for many Asian-Americans
Julie J. Park, University of Maryland
When ACT released its latest test scores this past October, the results showed that average scores took a dip...
Black student activists face penalty in college admissions
Ted Thornhill, Florida Gulf Coast University
Back when I taught at a predominantly white, selective liberal arts college, I came across a book called “Acting...
Considering race in college admissions – 3 questions answered
Stella M Flores, New York University
On July 3, the Trump administration announced it will reverse several policy memos outlining how colleges and universities can...
Choosing the wrong college can be bad for your mental health
Noli Brazil, University of California, Davis and Matthew Andersson, Baylor University
Going off to college might be a source of anxiety for some students, but...
If you thought colleges making the SAT optional would level the...
Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Pennsylvania State University
When colleges and universities began to make the SAT an optional part of the admissions process, the hope was...
If you thought colleges making the SAT optional would level the...
Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Pennsylvania State University
When colleges and universities began to make the SAT an optional part of the admissions process, the hope was...
More colleges than ever have test-optional admissions policies — and that’s...
Joseph Soares, Wake Forest University
Back in the 1980s, Bates College and Bowdoin College were nearly the only liberal arts colleges not to require applicants...
Colleges need affirmative action – but it can be expanded
Eboni Nelson, University of South Carolina
In 2003, Justice Antonin Scalia predicted that the Supreme Court’s sanctioning of race-conscious affirmative action in higher education would...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
