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College Revives Standardized Test Requirement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The college adopted a test-optional policy for applicants to the Classes of 2025, 2026, and 2027 and a test-recommended policy for applicants to the Class of 2028 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Lee Coffin, the college’s vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

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The class entering college in 2027 was in sixth grade in Fall 2021 and has since failed to make up any of the ground they lost. Most of the 13-year-old cohort tested by NAEP in Fall 2022 will enter high school in Fall 2023 and begin entering college in Fall 2027. Math achievement will not be our only enrollment concern in 2027.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

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The class entering college in 2027 was in sixth grade in Fall 2021 and has since failed to make up any of the ground they lost. Most of the 13-year-old cohort tested by NAEP in Fall 2022 will enter high school in Fall 2023 and begin entering college in Fall 2027. Math achievement will not be our only enrollment concern in 2027.

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Pursuit of R-2 status can expand opportunity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Towson University recently announced the goal of increasing research activity and obtaining R-2 Carnegie status by 2027 (currently we are classified as M-1: master’s colleges and universities—larger programs). Given TU’s commitment to fostering an inclusive campus, we looked first at diversity, equity and inclusion.

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How Racial and Ethnic Identity Influence Your College Journey

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Recorded prior to the recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action in admissions, the two also speculate on potential impacts from that ruling and offer advice to university leaders on how to better support students of color already on campus, as well as those just beginning their college search. Transcript [music] 0:00:12.4