Whether rebounding from a sluggish 2022 or rivaling pre-pandemic enrollment numbers, colleges and universities embraced a variety of initiatives to win new students and maintain a healthy cohort.
Today, no members of the Ivy League and none of the top 15 schools on Forbes' 2023 America's Top Colleges even consider applicants' interest as a factor in admissions. Looking at the top 100 on the new Forbes list, only 48% of private schools and 23% of public schools take demonstrated interest into account, according to the latest information they've provided […]
Challenges to race-based employment practices may increase or evolve in an effort to force a national standard for employers similar to college admissions.
An alternative to the SAT and ACT for only a small number of mostly religious colleges, the test is known for its emphasis on the Western canon, with a big dose of Christian thought. But on Friday, Florida's public university system, which includes the University of Florida and Florida State University, is expected to become […]
Katie Luck was sitting in her yard under a magnolia tree one afternoon in April when a school bus passed by. A white elementary school student shouted at her from a window, "You don't belong here." The 81-year-old grandmother and retired teacher, who is Black, was so distressed that she called James and Barbara Johnson, […]
Institutions with fewer than 1,000 students are blending programs to strengthen their students' workforce readiness and circumvent roadblocks to meet the nation's healthcare shortage.
Washington Monthly's 2023 National University Rankings prioritizes student outcomes of Pell recipients, social mobility and opportunities for public service.
The trends at Mines and CU Boulder paint a fuzzy picture of whether banning legacy admissions elsewhere would increase campus diversity or provide more opportunity for students from marginalized backgrounds. Complicating the picture: Colorado public universities changed several other policies at the same time, including making test scores such as the SAT and ACT exams […]
