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ACT Reports Record Low Scores as Admissions Landscape Shifts

For the high school class of 2023, the average score was the lowest since 1991, and 43 percent of students…

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A New Effort to Make College Aid Offers Easy to Understand

After years of criticism about financial aid letters that are confusing and sometimes misleading, about 400 schools have agreed to…

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Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault Is That?

A decade or so ago, Americans were feeling pretty positive about higher education. Public-opinion polls in the early 2010s all…

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Florida Considers Tough Discipline for College Staff Who Break Bathroom Law

The Latest The Florida State Board of Education is expected to vote Wednesday on new rules at state colleges for…

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Administration Urges Colleges to Pursue Diversity Despite Affirmative Action Ban

In its first guidance since the Supreme Court decision, the administration says many recruitment programs are still allowed, but other…

Business

A New FAFSA Form Is Coming, Along With Changes in College Aid

In addition to the new form, the federal government will expand eligibility for federal aid in the biggest overhaul in…

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The ‘Unseen’ Students in the Affirmative Action Debate

For as long as she remembers, Dolly Ramos hoped to have “the college experience,” she said, and one day become…

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The Legacy Dilemma: What to Do About Privileges for the Privileged?

Alumni of many colleges are wrestling with whether the practice of legacy admissions should survive after the Supreme Court gutted…

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Wesleyan University Ends Legacy Admissions

With the Supreme Court’s decision to ban race-conscious admissions, the pressure is on selective colleges to end preferences for children…

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With Supreme Court Decision, College Admissions Could Become More Subjective

Colleges have a game plan, like emphasizing the personal essay, but so do conservative groups that promise to monitor and, if…

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