Key points: Texas faces a widening gap between high school completion and college readiness. Educators are already doing important and demanding work, but closing this gap will require…
Read more Powering college readiness through community partnershipsKey points: As a high school STEM teacher at Baldwin Preparatory Academy, I often ask myself: How can we make classroom learning more meaningful for our students? In…
Read more Making career readiness meaningful in today’s classroomsKey points: You’ll often hear two words come up in advising sessions as students look ahead to college: match and fit. They sound interchangeable, but they’re not. Match…
Read more They love me, they love me not: Smart strategies to help students find the perfect collegeKey points: As the vice president of academic affairs and a member of the admissions committee at SSP International (SSPI), a nonprofit organization offering immersive scientific experiences, I…
Read more Why mentorship networks are essential in the college admissions processPeopleImages | E+ | Getty Images Above all else, the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid was designed to improve college access. However, problems with the rollout have…
Read more Amid the many problems with the new FAFSA, ‘every student’ should appeal for more financial aid, one expert saysAcceptU’s recent national survey of more than 400 high school students and parents provides 10 key takeaways on what matters to college applicants today and how they –…
Read more Survey Reveals Key Insights Into Today’s College Admissions LandscapeThe end of affirmative action has triggered a reconsideration of legacy admissions. When universities extend advantages to the families of donors and alums, they discriminate against others, especially…
Read more OPINION: Legacy admissions are unnecessary, raise moral concerns and exclude deserving studentsHarvard College is changing its essay requirements for high school seniors applying for admission, nodding to the recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down affirmative action in college admissions. Under…
Read more Harvard reworks essay requirements after affirmative action ban, emphasizes life experiencesWASHINGTON ― Democrats want to eliminate the practice of legacy admissions at universities and colleges in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling overturning affirmative action, arguing that…
Read more Republicans Question Legacy Admissions At Top CollegesThe Department of Education has launched a civil rights probe into Harvard University’s policy on legacy admissions in what can be seen as the next step in the…
Read more Education Department Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Harvard Legacy AdmissionsDemocrats are taking aim at the common practice of giving a leg up to the children of alumni and donors in the college admissions practice as a key…
Read more Democrats Take Aim At Legacy Admissions After Court RulingsBarbara Grutter, a white lady from Michigan, filed suit when she was rejected by the University of Michigan Law School, which admitted that it took steps to ensure…
Read more Opinion: Affirmative Action Is In Danger, AgainBOSTON (AP) — The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal is set to be sentenced on Wednesday after helping authorities secure the convictions of a slew…
Read more Mastermind Of College Admissions Bribery Scandal Faces SentencingWASHINGTON — A new group of Rhodes scholars from the U.S. has been selected for the prestigious academic program in a selection process that was conducted online for…
Read more US Rhodes scholars chosen to begin Oxford studies in 2023SEATTLE — A divided Washington Supreme Court on Thursday approved a registered sex offender’s application to become an attorney in the state. Zachary Leroy Stevens, 35, has been…
Read more Wash. Supreme Court: Registered sex offender can be a lawyerThe Supreme Court’s six conservative justices appeared ready to end affirmative action on Monday, during arguments in two cases challenging the limited use of race in college and…
Read more The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Are Going To End Affirmative Action In Higher EducationJACKSON, Miss. — The University of Mississippi is paying tribute to 89-year-old James Meredith 60 years after white protesters erupted into violence as he became the first Black…
Read more Ole Miss honors James Meredith 60 years after integration
