Category: Admissions

The nation’s largest for-profit college is changing admission practices to satisfy new government regulations aimed at preventing students from leaving school with staggering debt they can’t repay, but the result may be that fewer lower-income students will gain entry to class. The number of lower-income

Via our friends over at FastCompany.com: The old standby that killer test scores and a 4.7 GPA is a red carpet into any college in the world hardly abides nowadays. For better or for worse, colleges consider a swarm of additional factors: teacher recommendations, personal

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A public community college in California has  set up a scholarship fund for immigrant students — including illegal  immigrants. The $2,500 scholarship has sparked anger by some, including  at least one lawmaker who is threatening to cut off federal funding to  the school. Orange County’s

I don’t get it. Why is Lloyd Thacker such a big deal? I mean, OK, I understand that he struck out on his own to follow his beliefs that the admissions process is too commercial. That’s cool. And I’ve never heard him speak but I’m

The traditional welcome packet, replete with tri-fold brochures about campus safety, has a new addition this year: a cotton swab. Now, colleges are asking for their students’ DNA sample. At UC Berkeley, administrators are asking student to (voluntarily) provide samples of their DNA. The cotton

Has anyone else seen Neil Parmar’s article in SmartMoney titled “Why the Ivies aren’t worth it”? Great stuff. In this study, they looked at what graduates from 50 of the most expensive 4 year colleges earn in their early and midcareers. Then factored in their