Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The Week in Admissions News Susan H. Greenberg Sat, 12/16/2023 - 10:04 AM UVA expands free tuition; lawmakers demand clarity on FAFSA; inflation rises 4 percent for colleges; medical schools enroll a more diverse class. Byline(s) Susan H. Greenberg

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Week in Admissions News Susan H. Greenberg Fri, 10/13/2023 - 05:40 PM Georgia launches a new direct admissions program; ACT scores drop again; scores of New York institutions waive application fees. Byline(s) Susan H. Greenberg

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Week in Admissions News Susan H. Greenberg Fri, 09/15/2023 - 05:43 PM The University of Tennessee will guarantee admission to all eligible in-state students; the University of Central Arkansas launches a tuition assistance program; Colorado College welcomes transfer students from anti-DEI states. Byline(s) Susan H.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Week in Admissions News Susan H. Greenberg Mon, 02/19/2024 - 03:00 AM University of Missouri system extends test-optional policy; New York fines the College Board for selling student data; Wisconsin approves guaranteed admissions. Byline(s) Susan H. Greenberg

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Carleton College ends legacy admissions; the ED criticizes USC's handling of financial aid appeals; a new survey reveals the salaries, budgets and top worries of chief diversity officers. The following news articles ran in the past week:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

A Boston-based federal appeals court has overturned all fraud convictions of two parents who paid bribes to get their kids into elite universities as athletic recruits in what was a massive college admissions scandal, NBC News reported. Gamal Abdelaziz On May 10, the 1st U.S.

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AUGUST 11, 2023

The Week in Admissions News Susan H. Greenberg Fri, 08/11/2023 - 12:24 PM

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 4, 2023

The following are some of the news in admissions during the last two weeks: Senate passes measure to block loan forgiveness; Americans back affirmative action; Texas moves against diversity offices; catching cheaters.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

A new analysis finds that most families can't cover college costs; Arkansas bans AP African American studies; the University of Chicago settles a financial aid antitrust lawsuit. The following news articles ran in the past week:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Education Department settles with five law schools over financial aid; a new report explores the role of California's Hispanic-serving community colleges; New College of Florida aims to lure students to a new Odyssey course with free books and food trucks. The following news articles ran in the past week:

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University Business

MARCH 11, 2024

After four years of test-optional admissions for undergraduate applications, The University of Texas at Austin will return to requiring standardized testing scores, beginning with applications for the Fall 2025 semester. Read more from UT News.

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University Business

MARCH 11, 2024

Virginia will become the second state to ban legacy admissions at public colleges and universities after Gov. The bill says public universities cannot give preferential admissions to college applicants based on their familial relationship to the school. Read more from Scripps News.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Several prominent universities banned legacy admissions when affirmative action ended. One civil rights group sued Harvard University, charging that legacy admissions “expand[s] privilege instead of opportunity,” AP News reports. ” he says. ” he said, according to The Colorado Sun.

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MAY 8, 2023

The Week in Admissions News Scott Jaschik Mon, 05/08/2023 - 03:00 AM

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 15, 2023

News Best Rankings? News & World Report released its first list of annual college rankings in 1983. News in the hopes of generating more interest from prospective students. News College Rankings The 2022 Best Colleges list reflects nearly 40 years of ranking colleges for U.S. How Important Are U.S.

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APRIL 17, 2023

The Week in Admissions News Scott Jaschik Mon, 04/17/2023 - 03:00 AM

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JUNE 11, 2023

Here is some of the news in the past week: Public is skeptical of affirmative action, poll suggests; tough choices on the federal budget; UNC medical school and diversity; defining liberal education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

News advises students (as a group) about where to go to college, but this is a shift to more direct advising. News helps students make the best college decisions that are right for them,” said Eric Gertler, executive chairman and CEO of U.S. ” Ad keywords: admissions Is this diversity newsletter?: “U.S.

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Parchment

MARCH 22, 2023

Press Releases Parchment News Parchment Announces Partnership with SmartPanda and Launches Powerful New Tool for Transcript Data Extraction and Automation Blog Admissions Are Micro-Credentials Right for Your Institution? Blog Admissions A Fresh Admission Strategy to Hit Goals Ready to feel the power of Parchment?

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University Business

JUNE 2, 2023

Admissions selectivity of the institution according to IPEDS Despite this being a solid factor in students’ valuation of a degree, the Gallup report noted that U.S. News’ college ranking was not essential to them. The post Good news!

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University Business

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Since the beginning of the fall semester, Indiana, Georgia and Wisconsin have launched an innovative new program across most of its public colleges and universities to cast a broader net of potential students. Idaho established the first statewide direct admission program in 2015. Brian Kemp, according to AP News.

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University Business

JULY 26, 2023

Opening a new front in legal battles over college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University’s policies on legacy admissions. The complaint was filed earlier this month on behalf of Black and Latino community groups in New England.

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Great College Advice

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But more and more, the admissions officers leading the session will try to explain why it’s actually NOT easier to get into Early Decision. The explanation I’ve heard most frequently is that schools do not lower their admissions standards for Early Decision candidates. Neither will gain admission. How can this be?

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University Business

JULY 28, 2023

Occidental College, a private liberal arts school in Los Angeles, is the latest school to end legacy admissions in the wake of a Supreme Court decision removing race from college admissions decisions. Read more from AP News.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 10, 2023

News & World Report. Ad keywords: admissions Is this diversity newsletter?: Another undergraduate institution has dropped out of the undergraduate rankings of U.S. Bard College president Leon Botstein announced the change. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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University Business

MAY 19, 2023

The Earned Admissions program at ASU gives prospective students like Galica the opportunity to enroll in first-year ASU college courses, all online. or higher, they become eligible for admission to ASU. Read more from ASU News. Students only pay if they pass the course, and class fees are deeply discounted.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Move comes after accusations of lowering entry standards to foreign applicants who pay far higher tuition fees Vice-chancellors are to review international student admissions by British universities, including how to identify “bad practice” among agents employed to attract people from overseas, after controversy over recruitment.

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University Business

APRIL 12, 2024

Following the footsteps of its Ivy League peers, including Yale, Dartmouth and Brown, Harvard University announced that it is reinstating its standardized testing requirement in admissions beginning with the Class of 2029. ” Read more from USA Today.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

News & World Report. News ’ flawed methodology still equates academic quality with institutional wealth and continues to rely heavily on the infamous questionnaire asking institutions to rank each other’s reputation, a non-objective process subject to gaming. News & World Report rankings. Further, U.S.

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EAB

DECEMBER 13, 2022

New Admissions Counselor Resource Center. Guides and tools for admissions teams. The role of an admission counselor is both essential and challenging, especially with the variety of responsibilities and skills required of today’s enrollment teams. Advice for New Readers. Resources for Admissions Professionals.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With standardized testing losing steam and affirmative action ending, admission officers have to adapt new critical frameworks to study potential students’ fit at a given institution. This is particularly important as more institutions read applications in context as part of their holistic admissions practices.”

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 16, 2024

They are stuck in the purgatory of college admissions. As with so much with college admissions, the existence of the Wait List has very little to do with you as an applicant and everything to do with the self-interest of educational institutions. What is the Wait List in college admissions? First is the admissions rate.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 4, 2023

Orthodox students criticize Brandeis ad; Hope College bets on tuition-free program; Louisiana requires “In God We Trust” in classrooms. The following events took place in the last week:

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University Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Yale University will require standardized test scores for admission for students applying to enter in the fall of 2025, becoming the second Ivy League university to abandon test-optional policies that had been widely embraced during the Covid pandemic. Read more from The New York Times.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

News & World Report ’s undergraduate college rankings. News & World Report. News categorized RISD and other art and design schools as “Specialty Schools: Art.” News declined to comment. ” Ad keywords: administrators admissions Is this diversity newsletter?: ” U.S. Hide by line?:

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

President Joe Biden’s education chief said he’s open to using “whatever levers” are available—including federal money—to discourage colleges from giving admissions preference to the children of alumni and donors. Read more from AP News.

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University Business

MARCH 15, 2023

Harvard , Princeton and Dartmouth all extended their test-optional policy beyond the upcoming admissions cycle, and Columbia announced March 1 it would permanently switch to test-optional admissions. The post Brown extends test-optional policy for 2023-24 admissions cycle appeared first on University Business.

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