Jim Jump considers what applicants gain -- and what they don't.
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Admissions/registrar
Mar 09, 2020
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have different ideas about college affordability and higher education policy, both in their approaches and the specificity of their plans.
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Admissions Views • May 7, 2018
The scandal of the University of Texas at Tyler's treatment of Nepalese students is among the worst in admissions (opinion)
Admissions Views • April 2, 2018
The Laura Ingraham controversy and admissions rejections (opinion)
Admissions Views • March 5, 2018
Essay considers the value of consistency in college admissions policies
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January 22, 2018
Students' job worries; law schools face scrutiny; Toronto's latest move on international students.
January 15, 2018
New study finds no relationship between scoring high in several rankings and the measures considered by leading survey of student engagement.
January 8, 2018
Samuel L. Stanley says students, families and college counselors need to consider the future -- and not arbitrary rankings -- when evaluating colleges.
January 8, 2018
New book says most colleges -- and the vast majority of nonelite institutions -- are about to face severe shortage of potential students.
December 11, 2017
Charlotte West offers advice for college counselors on the guidance they should provide applicants.
December 11, 2017
Research was done on graduate education, but paper suggests implications for undergraduate education as well.
December 4, 2017
Uncomfortable men; DeVos and degrees; FAFSA goes mobile; a plan to reform undergraduate education.
December 4, 2017
Share of white students has dropped significantly in last 35 years, but Asian-Americans are alone among minority groups in seeing substantial gains. Black applicants have lowest admit rates.
December 4, 2017
Students are being encouraged to apply to too many colleges, writes Nicholas Soodik.