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College Application Surge: Underrepresented Students Lead Growth in 2024-25 Admissions Cycle

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According to Common App's latest "Deadline Update" report released Thursday, college applications for the 2024-25 admissions cycle continue to show strong growth, particularly among underrepresented and first-generation students.

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William Singer, Architect of College Admissions Scam Operation Varsity Blues, Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison

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William “Rick” Singer, mastermind of college admissions scam Operation Varsity Blues, was sentenced to 3.5 William “Rick” Singer In March 2019, Singer – who cooperated with the investigation – pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., years in federal prison.

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Wentworth Institute of Technology to Drop Pre-Calculus Admissions Requirement for STEM Programs

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The Wentworth Institute of Technology is dropping its pre-Calculus admissions requirement, opening its doors to a wider range of students looking to pursue STEM degrees there. high school graduates in 2019 (40%) had completed precalculus/mathematical analysis. So we tried to meet that need while keeping our academic standards the same.

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Report Finds That Affirmative Action Only Led to Incremental Progress

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The report is a retrospective analysis of the changing demographics at selective and open-access institutions from 2009 to 2019; researchers ended their analysis in 2019 to account for changing enrollment patterns that resulted, in part, from the COVID-19 pandemic. Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc.

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First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

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increase the previous year, between Fall 2019 and Fall 2020, and five years of gradual increases. International student enrollments are rebounding, given the large decrease (-37.4%) during the COVID-19 pandemic between Fall 2019 and Fall 2020,” the report wrote. This comes after a 12.9% in Fall 2016 to 87.4% in Fall 2020.

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Reports Indicate High Employment Among Law Class of 2023

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Bill Adams That's according to Bill Adams, managing director of ABA accreditation and legal education, citing e mployment data for the graduating law class of 2023, as reported to the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar by ABA-approved law schools accepting new J.D. for the Class of 2020.

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As Decision Day Looms, Colleges Try to Boost Minority Enrollment

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million students since the fall of 2019, and notable decreases in students with several under-represented backgrounds. But institutions are under pressure, too. The effects of the pandemic on college enrollments are still lingering , with a total enrollment decline of 1.2 They’re going to know that we’re a Hispanic-serving institution.