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OCTOBER 9, 2023

ASU has added several Spanish language marketing materials, including an En Espanol section on the university’s website, a comprehensive admissions piece, Spanish campus tours, and multiple recruitment pieces for academic programs. In 2023, over half (56%) of the students were Latino, compared to 36% in 2010. Hawkins Jr.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

What is legacy admissions? Legacy admissions is a policy that grants preferences to the children of alumni. In addition, legacy admissions is a sort of business strategy. apply for admission. The policy has been particularly important in the Ivy League and other elite, private schools.

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MARCH 6, 2023

The number of applications for the Fall 2023 admissions cycle generally declined across the University of California (UC) system, particularly among nonresident applicants, The UC San Diego (UCSD) Guardian reported. decline in total applications from the previous year’s admissions cycle.

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MARCH 5, 2025

White students were the only group to see a decline in transfer enrollment from fall 2023 to fall 2024. Brooklyn College, a four-year institution part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system that has seven community colleges, had 1,175 transfer students enrolled in fall 2024, an 8% increase in the number of transfers from fall 2023.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Purdue University will resume SAT/ACT test score requirements for admissions, beginning with students applying for Fall 2024 admission. The school will begin accepting 2024 applications on Aug. The move was recommended by Purdue administration and endorsed by its Board of Trustees.

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MARCH 10, 2024

The move follows four years of test-optional undergraduate admissions at UT Austin, which suspended the standardized score requirement in the spring of 2020 due to limited testing availability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jay Hartzell The requirement will be applied during the fall 2025 semester application period, Aug.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In fall of 2023, 5.3% In the context of the latest Supreme Court case ruling on race-conscious admissions, hopefully some of the most selective colleges would be more open to taking transfer students,” said Fernandez. more students than the previous year were able to successfully transfer to a new institution.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

As of fall 2023, 69% of the student population at CSUSB identified as Hispanic or Latino. Through the Alliance to Accelerate Excellence in Education, CSUSM guarantees admission to eligible high school students in 18 districts, many with majority Latinx populations. Morales, president of CSUSB. years, compared to 4.2 years in 2021-22.”

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

Other bills range from those that defund higher education DEI offices and staff, restrict diversity statements and training, and ban identity-based preferences in hiring and admissions. It is clear that the 2023 U.

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AUGUST 13, 2024

Newly released data reveals that, although students of color are steadily making up a higher percentage of those receiving law degrees, racial diversity in law school admissions, and attendance remains relatively stagnant. Some measures of academic success also declined for law students of color in 2023. law students and applicants.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

Recent Supreme Court decisions, such as the one overturning affirmative action in college admissions , have intensified debates online, with many Black students finding themselves caught in dividing conversations that question their place on campus.

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University Business

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Since the US supreme court banned affirmative action in college admissions in June 2023, US colleges and universities have grappled with how to boost campus diversity amid recent, troubling data. Are legacy admissions part of the problem? Read more at The Guardian. Read more at The Guardian.

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Great College Advice

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Variations of this supplemental essay prompt in college applications have become more prevalent following the June 2023 Supreme Court ruling struck down race-based affirmative action in college admissions, limiting the ability of colleges to ‘consider an applicant’s race in and of itself as a factor in deciding whether to admit the applicant’.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Admissions Offices Deploy AI Liam Knox Mon, 10/09/2023 - 03:00 AM Even as fears of robot-generated admissions essays abound, colleges are increasingly using AI in application reviews, raising new possibilities and ethical concerns. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A Disruptive Year in Admissions Liam Knox Mon, 12/18/2023 - 03:00 AM Inside Higher Ed assesses a year of dramatic change in college admissions and predicts what the landscape might look like in 2024. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Putting Admissions in Context Liam Knox Mon, 09/18/2023 - 03:00 AM A new study finds that taking high school students’ level of resources into account when assessing applications can lead to diverse admits who are likely to succeed in college. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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JANUARY 8, 2025

The number of military veterans entering medical school also dropped slightly, from 171 in 2023 to 166 in 2024. In the wake of the 2023 U.S. Acosta emphasized the importance of supporting pathways programs and implementing effective race-neutral admissions practices to maintain diverse student populations. being over age 30.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Dr. Candis Watts Smith The decision comes in the wake of the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. President and Fellows of Harvard College that ended race-based affirmative action in college admissions, reported The Chronicle , a Duke student-run publication.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Admissions Officers Reflect on a Transformative Year Liam Knox Mon, 09/18/2023 - 03:00 AM In Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey, admissions leaders share their views on the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban and other major changes in the sector. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

Direct Admissions Spreads, State by State Liam Knox Mon, 10/16/2023 - 03:00 AM From Georgia to Wisconsin, state university systems are adopting the experimental policy, hoping to boost enrollment and reach new students. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Logan Powell Frank Mullin The university reports that about 18% of its new 1,725-student class come from groups historically underrepresented in higher education, a decline from 27% in 2023. Black enrollment declined to 9% in 2024, from 15% in 2023; Hispanic enrollment decreased to 10%, from 14%; and white enrollment fell to 43% from 46%.

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MARCH 15, 2023

Harvard , Princeton and Dartmouth all extended their test-optional policy beyond the upcoming admissions cycle, and Columbia announced March 1 it would permanently switch to test-optional admissions. The post Brown extends test-optional policy for 2023-24 admissions cycle appeared first on University Business.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

In 2023, the World Economic Forum reported that employers expected 44% of workers skills to be disrupted within five years. Community colleges have a rich history of serving as open-admission institutions and pioneering college access in America.

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MARCH 6, 2023

As director of admissions at USC Chan, Dr. Arameh Anvarizadeh said that she was doing just that. She changed my life and opened doors for me that I don’t think would have ever been opened,” said Christine Villalobos, a doctoral candidate in the class of 2023. Teresa Pham, a doctoral candidate in the class of 2023, was more direct. “I

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MARCH 6, 2025

Her research examines issues of race, diversity, and equity in higher education and is primarily focused on the factors shaping Black students college choice, completion, and career trajectories; the use and implications of admissions policies, particularly in post-affirmative action contexts; and racial and gender inequities in STEM.

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MAY 15, 2023

Admissions Offices, Cautiously, Start Using AI Featured Image at Top of Article gettyimages-1448152453-170667a.jpg Scott Jaschik Mon, 05/15/2023 - 03:00 AM

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

Read more » The post Navigating the Current Admissions Landscape with Insights from Admission Directors appeared first on Higher Education Today.

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APRIL 18, 2023

Supreme Court in the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. will be able to use race as a consideration in their admissions processes. The ruling could come any time before June 2023. The University of Texas case on race-conscious admission, also led by Edward Blum. Higher education is expecting a ruling from the U.S.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

A bright young scholar, Pickens graduated as the top-ranked student from Miami Northwestern Senior High School in the Class of 2021, armed with an impressive academic record and multiple offers of admission from institutions such as Harvard, Howard, Duke, and the University of Miami.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

Reuters reported that a proposal under consideration by the ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar would require law schools to hire full-time legal writing instructors and other untenured full-time faculty on five-year “presumptively renewable long-term contracts.” The proffer — offered initially in a Nov.

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APRIL 17, 2023

Competitive Colleges Have a Great Admissions Year Featured Image at Top of Article Capturepharvard.PNG Scott Jaschik Mon, 04/17/2023 - 03:00 AM

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MAY 20, 2024

This first Equity Innovations Guide illustrates results the organization has gathered from pilots and initiatives it had implemented over the years on matters of college admissions, financial aid, and equity. The college admissions process is stressful in general,” Steele said. “So,

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The Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

2023) is challenged by relatively low persistence and completion rates when compared with four-year counterparts (Chen et al., Taken together, open access admission policies and challenges to student engagement in the community college context present a unique opportunity for utilizing student workers as learning assistants.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Ron DeSantis, which began with his January 2023 appointment of six new members to the college’s board of trustees, who, it said, dedicated themselves to ignoring their fiduciary responsibilities to the institution in favor of pushing the governor's political goals. The report details the restructuring of New College of Florida led by Gov.

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APRIL 7, 2023

Come Fall 2023, this partnership will make SAU and TSU the only two HBCUs and first out-of-state transfer options in the community college system's Bridge to Bachelor’s Degree Program , which gives new, first-time students admission to participating four-year institutions upon associate degree completion.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

The platform was initially launched in August 2023 for only students engaged in CSU’s then-new Transfer Success Pathway , which guarantees CSU admission to students who attend a California community college and commit to transferring within three years.

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JUNE 29, 2023

Advocates Celebrate End of Race-Conscious Admissions Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1504460546.jpg jpg Katherine Knott Fri, 06/30/2023 - 12:00 AM

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