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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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Ed Blum Puts Colleges ‘On Notice’ Over Diversity

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The affirmative action foe threatened to sue three colleges for allegedly defying the Supreme Court’s race-conscious admissions ban. Selective colleges began unveiling demographic data for the Class of 2028, the first admitted after the 2023 affirmative action ban, just a few weeks ago, and already legal threats are flying.

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Harvard Reports Drop in Black Student Enrollment

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Fourteen percent of Harvard University’s Class of 2028 identify as Black or African American, a drop of four percentage points from last year, according to institutional data released Wednesday. The news comes a little over a year after the Supreme Court ruled against the university in Students for Fair Admissions v.

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Campus diversity is becoming difficult to measure as students keep their race and ethnicity hidden on college applications

University Business

When the Supreme Court struck down race-based admissions at American colleges and universities just over a year ago, many predicted U.S. As higher education institutions begin reporting the racial makeup of the class of 2028—the first to be affected by the 2023 decision—the data is hard to interpret, confusing and inconclusive.

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Why early decision can be a college access equalizer

University Business

As concerns about minority enrollment at elite universities like Harvard and MIT grow following the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions, applying early decision to college can be a vehicle to sustain or potentially even increase minority enrollment.

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My Advice for Admitted Students

Hope College Network

Take Advantage of Support The admissions process at Hope provides prospective students with an extensive support system. As an admitted student, you likely have had conversations with your admissions representative. I can’t wait to meet you, Hope Class of 2028!

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Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs

EAB

. --> Five Key Factors Accounting for Vanishing Workforce Remote work has created a national marketplace for labor The number of working-age people in the US is shrinking (projected deficit of 6M workers nationally by 2028) Employees developed a taste for flexible work during the pandemic Higher ed lags the industry on compensation and flexible work (..)