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U-Texas Pulls Out of Merit Scholarship Program

The University of Texas at Austin is pulling out of the National Merit Scholarship Program to focus on needs-based financial assistance.

September 2, 2009

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Naval Academy Continues its Diversity Trend

For a second consecutive year, the Naval Academy has admitted its most diverse class, and its work isn’t done.

September 2, 2009

Students

More Diversity Among 2009 SAT Test-Takers, Scores Slightly Down

Although college-bound high school seniors from the class of 2009 rank as the most racially and ethnically diverse group ever to take the SAT, average scores fell slightly from 2008, according to the College Board.

August 25, 2009

Latinx

More Black and Hispanic Students Taking the ACT Exam, College Readiness Levels Remain Flat

While scores and college readiness levels remained relatively flat from 2008, the numbers of Black and Hispanic high school graduates in 2009 who took the ACT college entrance exam remained the same or increased for a fourth consecutive year nationally, according to the ACT ‘Measuring College and Career Readiness: The Class of 2009’ report.

August 18, 2009

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Clemson sets application, enrollment record while maintaining academic quality

Clemson University will welcome its largest freshman class this week.  According to Clemson University Media Relations, the university set a record enrollment of 16,281 undergraduate student applications.  The director of admissions said the university accepted more freshmen and transfer students because of uncertainty about how the economic recession would affect yield – the percentage of […]

August 16, 2009

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Panel: Leaders failed U. of I.

After an eight-week investigation found that the state’s culture of political dealmaking seeped into the admissions process at the University of Illinois, a state panel called Thursday for resignations and reforms to move the school past the embarrassing scandal.  According to the Chicago Tribune, to start, the Illinois Admissions Review Commission urged the university’s trustees […]

August 6, 2009

Students

SAT-optional Will Trend Take Off or Sputter?

If you’re one of those students afraid standardized test scores don’t paint the full picture of your potential, your options are growing.

April 19, 2009

Students

Analysis: Meltdown Could Force College Aid Shift

Johnny is a middle-class student who worked hard to get good grades and a high SAT score. Jane’s record isn’t as good, but her family is low-income, and without help she might not be able to go to college at all.

February 19, 2009

Students

Coming Soon: Cash for College Students’ Good Grades

For the past several years economists and educators have been studying the impact of incentives — monetary and other valuable gifts — on student performance. Now a recently launched Web site, GradeFund, takes the idea of incentives and aims to utilize them as a practical solution for paying for college.

January 29, 2009

Students

The Admissions Quandary Up Close and Personal

Students gain a better understanding of the significance of diversity in admissions.

November 12, 2008

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Baylor Backs Off Plan Offering Perks to Retake SAT

Baylor University, facing sharp criticism for paying already-admitted students to retake the SAT and try to boost their scores, said Thursday it “goofed” and would probably end the practice.

October 16, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Morgan State University President Set to Retire

After a challenging year riddled with accusations of questionable contracts at Morgan State University, President Earl S. Richardson has announced his retirement from the historically Black institution at the end of next year.

September 30, 2008