News that the LSAT (Law School Admission Test) might become optional for applicants has sparked a spirited debate among academics and lawyers alike. It also has renewed discussions over the criteria used in college rankings published by popular consumer magazines like U.S. News & […]
Like nearly all government programs, the Top Ten Percent Plan in Texas has come with unintended consequences. The plan, signed into law in 1997, guarantees admission to the University of Texas Austin and other public universities to students who graduate in the top 10 percent […]
On April 15 and 16, 2009, Wake Forest University hosted top admissions officers and leading researchers from Berkeley, Duke, Harvard, Ohio State, Princeton, Texas, Virginia, Yale and other universities along with the director of data research for U.S. News & World Report for the Rethinking Admissions conference.