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[ad_1] People who read college applications are a lot like detectives. Without having been there for the event (the student’s K-12 education and life), they must...
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[ad_1] Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that taking race into consideration in college admissions was unconstitutional, but the court left room for applicants to write...
[ad_1] This story was produced by The 19th and reprinted with permission. In 2023, Diamond Harriel was looking to make a career switch. She had a...
[ad_1] Listen to the audio version of this story, by Liam Elder-Connors at Vermont Public. BRISTOL, Vt. — The mobile home park in this rural village...
[ad_1] Since the Supreme Court abolished affirmative action last June, selective colleges and universities have had to dismantle their most effective tools for pursuing racially and...
[ad_1] FAYETTEVILLE, Ohio — Ghosts populate the campus of Chatfield College. They’re in the fading photos on the library walls of students who, over 177 years,...
[ad_1] Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top...
[ad_1] Harvard University President Claudine Gay’s resignation ends the shortest tenure in the university’s history — six months. It’s not a coincidence that the record is...
[ad_1] Get important education news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox Education and education access are directly connected to economic growth. Despite the dysfunction in...
[ad_1] Example of a hypothetical scattergram showing test scores and grades of past applicants to a college. The dotted lines highlight the average grades and test...
[ad_1] Aléshah Brown wasn’t yet in high school when she started having doubts about college. “Even in middle school, you’re feeling all this pressure and stress...
[ad_1] Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top...
[ad_1] CROSSVILLE, Tenn. — From the time she was in elementary school, Isabella Cross has dreamed of going to an Ivy League college to become an...
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS — Among its many other nicknames, this landlocked desert city is often jokingly referred to by Hawaiians as their state’s ninth island. It...
[ad_1] WILMINGTON, Del. – A wall of the Rodriguez family home celebrates three seminal events with these words: “A moment in time, changed forever.” Beneath the...
[ad_1] WILMINGTON, Del. — Striding into a packed community center filled with high school seniors, Atnre Alleyne has a few words of advice for the crowd,...
[ad_1] “What are you going to do with that?” is a question I heard often from my family as both an undergraduate and a graduate student....
[ad_1] PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Friday mornings on a university campus are usually quiet times. Savvy students plan their schedules to avoid Friday classes, getting a head...
[ad_1] CHICO, Calif. — Most students in the California State University, Chico library were silently poring over books or computers on a recent afternoon, but one...