The institutions that will navigate the next several admissions cycles best are the ones that recognize early yield as a lagging indicator rather than a leading one.
Department of Justice said an investigation found that Black and Hispanic students have a much higher chance of admission to the medical school than white or Asian students, despite having lower grade-point averages and lower test scores.
New federal rules require colleges to report student data by race to enforce the affirmative action ban, but Northwest educators say the change will have little effect on largely open, race-neutral admissions.
Only low-poverty high schools produced graduating classes in which more than half of students earned a postsecondary degree within six years, says research..
The program, called One Click College Admit, allows Illinois high school seniors and community college transfer students to apply for and receive college acceptance into 10 of the state's public universities by meeting only a single requirement for admission: grade point average.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board released its inaugural study on the impacts of Senate Bill 17, which outlawed the use of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices (DEI) on public colleges and universities. According to the report, “female students continued to graduate at higher rates than males” at four-year and two-year public institutions.
While the model has recently drawn fanfare from policymakers, some higher education leaders and the public, others argue that evidence suggests that it will not only not work, but it will also backfire.
