At this point, you’ve probably heard back from every one of the colleges to which you applied. Perhaps you squealed with excitement with the receipt of each acceptance or even suffered a bit of a psychological blow when you were told otherwise. We have […]
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From The Century Foundation By Richard Kahlenberg Charles Murray, the author of the much-discussed book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010, (and, years ago, the widely discredited volume, The Bell Curve) has an op-ed in today’s New York Times outlining some solutions […]
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From The New York Times By Charles Murray There’s been a lot of commentary from all sides about my recently published book, “Coming Apart,” which deals with the divergence between the professional and working classes in white America over the last half century. Some […]
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From The Washington Post By Jay Matthews At the end of this month, college acceptance and rejection notices go out. I visited Wake Forest University last week and discovered, to my shock, that they still send theirs by mail, in a paper envelope you […]
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From Inside Higher Ed By Joseph Soares Following my presentation last year at “The Case for Change in College Admissions” conference at the University of Southern California, a dean from one of America’s most prestigious universities said, “We know the SAT and ACT are […]
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From The Washington Post By Martha Allman, Dean of Admissions at Wake Forest University College admissions officers around the country are submerged in applications. At this time of year, we are faced with the nearly impossible task of finding the best mix […]
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For decades, glossy viewbooks have served as a focal point for many college recruitment efforts. They encapsulate the best that colleges have to offer – endless lists of academic majors and minors, multitudes of extracurricular activities, countless accounts of student experiences, and lots of […]
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This week in the 8th Annual AP Report to the Nation, the College Board revealed that while the number of AP test takers has risen during the last decade, minority participation continues to lag behind. African-American students remain the most underrepresented demographic. Of […]
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This week, Claremont McKenna College came under spotlight as its dean of admissions and financial aid admitted to falsely reporting SAT statistics for a period dating back 6 years. The primary reason, it appears – college rankings. Though SAT scores account for a mere […]
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Just Ask Your School Counselor. In two recent reports from the College Board’s Annual Survey of School Counselors and the Education Trust, a startling percentage of high school counselors surveyed revealed that they felt under-trained and often unable to adequately advocate for their students. […]
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