Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The college adopted a test-optional policy for applicants to the Classes of 2025, 2026, and 2027 and a test-recommended policy for applicants to the Class of 2028 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Lee Coffin, the college’s vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 28, 2023
Harvard’s class of 2027 will be told if it’s thumbs up or down on March 30. The class based on Early Action admits is already 30 percent Asian American, could that number go even higher to indicate a loosening of a cap on Asian American admissions that may be borderline discriminatory? The anxiety level is rising. Magazine, that is.
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EAB
JULY 28, 2023
The class entering college in 2027 was in sixth grade in Fall 2021 and has since failed to make up any of the ground they lost. Most of the 13-year-old cohort tested by NAEP in Fall 2022 will enter high school in Fall 2023 and begin entering college in Fall 2027. Math achievement will not be our only enrollment concern in 2027.
EAB
JULY 28, 2023
The class entering college in 2027 was in sixth grade in Fall 2021 and has since failed to make up any of the ground they lost. Most of the 13-year-old cohort tested by NAEP in Fall 2022 will enter high school in Fall 2023 and begin entering college in Fall 2027. Math achievement will not be our only enrollment concern in 2027.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 4, 2023
Towson University recently announced the goal of increasing research activity and obtaining R-2 Carnegie status by 2027 (currently we are classified as M-1: master’s colleges and universities—larger programs).
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 22, 2023
It’s also luck and that may be the answer as everyone in higher ed awaits the anticipated Supreme Court ruling on the lawsuit challenging Harvard admissions. In the meantime, let us honor not just the graduates of the season, but to the matriculates—those committing to Fall’s Class of 2027. Emil Guillermo I love the word matriculate.
EAB
JULY 11, 2023
Recorded prior to the recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action in admissions, the two also speculate on potential impacts from that ruling and offer advice to university leaders on how to better support students of color already on campus, as well as those just beginning their college search. Transcript [music] 0:00:12.4
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