Tag: Admissions Testing Requirement

Students

Defending Test-optional Policies in Colleges and Universities

Both the ACT and SAT serve as a barrier to college access for low-income, first-generation and minority students.

January 24, 2016

African-American

How Gifted Education Fuels Injustices

Black students represent 19% of the public schools population but only 10% of gifted programs. This discrepancy means that over 250,000 Black students have been denied access to gifted education annually.

January 22, 2016

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Supreme Court Preparing to Tackle Fisher Case, Campus Diversity Again

The case questions the constitutionality of holistic admissions practices, which consider race, among other factors, in order to create a diverse and racially representative student body.

December 3, 2015

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Woman Enrolled at Virginia Tech Guilty in Test-taking Scheme

A Chinese woman pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to have two other women take college admissions examinations in her place that helped her get accepted to Virginia Tech.

October 29, 2015

Recruitment & Retention

Diversity in the Teaching Workforce: False Choices and Faulty Tactics

Teacher diversity is crucial to a student’s success in the classroom, yet attracting and retaining a diverse workforce remains an issue for some institutions.

October 19, 2015

Students

Community College Leaders Advocate for Stricter Standards of Assessment

The AACT and the ACCT released a joint statement last week announcing that they are weighing in to advocate for more rigorous standards of assessment in secondary school.

October 18, 2015

Students

CBC Panel Takes Aim at Disparity in College Degree Attainment

At the start of the Congressional Black Caucus’ annual legislative conference, a panel, Access to Opportunity: Propelling Black Students, explored the disparity in college degree attainment between Black students and students of other races.

September 16, 2015

Sports

Franklin Pierce University Makes Test Scores Optional

Franklin Pierce University is joining a growing list of schools that no longer require most applicants to submit standardized test scores.

August 30, 2015

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Pennsylvania Resident Guilty in Chinese Test-taking Plot

A Chinese citizen who lives in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to charges she took English-language fluency tests used for college entrance purposes for two other Chinese women.

August 3, 2015

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College Board Says Printing Error Won’t Affect SAT Scores

The College Board says test booklets for hundreds of thousands of students who took SAT exams last Saturday contained an error but that it won’t affect test scores.

June 9, 2015

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Government Plan to Help More Students Erase Debt Raises Questions

A government plan to wipe out loans for many of the students who attended the now-disgraced for-profit Corinthian Colleges raises serious questions about whether the White House or Congress should have done more to prevent the debacle.

June 9, 2015

Students

Top U.S. Colleges Push for More Diverse Students from China

Top U.S. universities that worked to overcome reputations for serving only children of the American elite are now pushing to do the same with their international students.

February 9, 2015