Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Department of Education (ED) to expand its collection of admissions data and disaggregate that data by race and ethnicity to address racial and ethnic gaps in bachelor’s degree attainment. Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona In a Feb. 1 letter addressed to Education Secretary Dr. Miguel A.

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JUNE 29, 2023

Supreme Court struck down race consciousness in college admissions on Thursday, upending four decades of precedent. Secondly, Roberts wrote, college admissions is a zero-sum game, and the racial admissions systems inevitably use race as a negative characteristic and require racial stereotyping. In a pair of votes, the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In the fall of 2018, I was a student organizer for affirmative action and one of eight alumni who took the federal witness stand in the lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Inc. Department of Education projects that the number of Asian American and NHPI students enrolling in college will grow by 12% in the next four years.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

For the past 18 years of her distinguished career in higher education, Eanes has worked at public institutions. Although public higher education can be challenging, it is gratifying, rewarding and impactful in ways that are measurable and not measurable.”

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Great College Advice

DECEMBER 2, 2024

So, this is the question I hear over and over: “Does applying for financial aid hurt my college admissions chances?” Does applying for financial aid hurt my admissions chances? The actual act of applying for financial aid should have absolutely no bearing on whether a student gains admission to just about any college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2025

A comprehensive new study by education research firm EAB has identified the most influential factors shaping how students choose colleges, with academic program variety, campus safety, and student organizations emerging as the top three drivers of student attraction. The research, analyzing data from U.S.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JANUARY 10, 2025

Fostering Interdepartmental Collaboration to Drive a More Effective and Engaging Student Journey Achieving success in your higher education marketing strategy requires seamless collaboration between your admissions and marketing teams to create a connected, consistent student journey experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

District Judge Robert Pitman has rejected claims by Students for Fair Admissions that the University of Texas at Austin continued to unlawfully consider race when admitting students after the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. Students for Fair Admissions v.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

Han Mi Yoon-Wu “We are thrilled that the University of California continues to be a destination of choice for our state’s incredibly accomplished and diverse students,” said Han Mi Yoon-Wu, the university’s associate vice provost for undergraduate admissions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2025

Education researchers have long identified transfer pathways as crucial for improving social mobility, especially for first-generation college students. The new partnership builds upon Illinois' existing transfer infrastructure, which includes the Illinois Articulation Initiative and guaranteed transfer admission pathways.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

Connecticut could become the first state in the country to ban legacy admissions, reports CT Insider. Derek Slap Legacy admissions gives priority to students whose family members once attended. This landscape is shifting very quickly on legacy" admissions, said Sen. Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 15, 2024

More and more, college admissions is becoming a game. What is demonstrated interest in college admission? What is demonstrated interest in college admission? ” Yield rate in college admission What is the yield rate and why do colleges find it important? .” They want demonstrated interest from the student.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Jenny Rickard First-generation and low and middle-income students interesting in attending college will receive proactive admissions offers through the newly launched 2024-25 Common App Direct Admissions Program. “As It includes outreach and resources to counselors and families with students receiving direct admissions offers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Enrollment data for the first law school class since the Supreme Court struck down the affirmative action in college admissions was released last December, and Dr. Sari Kisilevsky there was much concern about sharp declines in admission of Black and Hispanic students to elite law schools. It nearly doubled in the past decade.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Ostensibly, they should tell us what students have learned—and tell educators where they need to focus. Crucially, grades also offer students a reflection of their readiness for advanced coursework or higher education. Without some form of assessment, students would lack the feedback they need to navigate their educational journeys.

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Great College Advice

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The college admissions process can be filled with uncertainty. One source of information that can help reduce the uncertainty — in some respects — are college admissions counselors. But do you know how to write an email to college admissions counselors? However, you also want to avoid being annoying.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

The Lumina Foundation in Indianapolis has announced the winners of The Great Admissions Redesign. The Great Admissions Redesign seeks to revolutionize the admissions process and increase accessibility to higher education for all students, particularly those not admitted in proportion to their shares of the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

For a prospective college student beleaguered by the complexities of the application process, direct admissions is like a dream come true. If their GPA or standardized test scores are high enough, colleges with direct admissions programs will send them acceptance letters without their even having to apply. points likelier.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

No one knew what would happen after the Supreme Court took away affirmative action from higher ed’s diversity tool kit, essentially making admissions as color blind as it can be. The numbers released last week merely say that 1,245 applicants gained admission on last Thursday to next fall’s freshman class. percent admission rate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

A report released by the Harvard University Graduate School of Education (GSE) highlights elements of the college admission culture that could be contributing to the stunting of the ethical growth of students. The report is the first step in a long-term effort by the Harvard GSE to reshape the college admissions process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Leonard and Laura Kennedy, an admissions officer at MSU, were tasked with researching institutions with similar initiatives. “We NATAP is a collaborative effort between MSU’s Native American Institute, Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, University Outreach and Engagement and the Office of the Provost.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Along that same line, experts spent the webinar discussing strategies and recent briefs on equitable admissions in higher ed, specifically on topics such as recruitment, legacy admissions, early action practices, test-optional and test-free policies, and holistic review of student applications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Higher education has long been a key driver of economic prosperity and social mobility in the United States. Part of the issue stems from the fact that many students of color come from underfunded high schools, which offer fewer educational resources, advanced courses, and extracurricular programs. Department of Education has embraced.

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Great College Advice

OCTOBER 23, 2024

It’s a piece of writing that you undertake for a very specific purpose: to give college admissions officers the evidence they need in order to admit you to their school. In order to write the most compelling essay that you can, it is crucial to ask: what do college admissions look for in an essay? That is not a good strategy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2023

Not that long ago, higher education advocates regularly complained about the lack of national attention on colleges and universities. Today, higher education is a hot topic and almost always for negative reasons. And – of course – admissions. Now is not the time for higher education to walk back this progress.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2023

It’s also luck and that may be the answer as everyone in higher ed awaits the anticipated Supreme Court ruling on the lawsuit challenging Harvard admissions. On Friday, Harvard announced 84 percent of those offered admissions said they would matriculate, or actually enroll this fall, about 1630 students. But it’s not just merit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As one of the most prestigious public universities in America and a leader in promoting diversity, if DEI initiatives can be successfully reduced or eliminated at the University of Michigan, a chilling message would be sent throughout higher education and could represent the last stand for DEI at all universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

No one knew what would happen after the Supreme Court took away affirmative action from higher ed’s diversity tool kit, essentially making admissions as color blind as it can be. The numbers released last week merely say that 1,245 applicants gained admission on last Thursday to next fall’s freshman class. percent admission rate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 2, 2023

Supreme Court’s ban on race-conscious admissions practices, the world of higher education has scrambled to find ways to maintain racial and ethnic diversity on campuses. Robert Massa, co-founder of the Character Collaborative, a non-profit focused on raising the importance of these traits in admissions processes. After the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Colleges around the country rolled out their applications for the new admissions season at the beginning of August. Others made announcements around dropping early decision policies (Virginia Tech) and legacy admissions (Occidental College). Third, elite institutions should stop over-favoring athletics in admissions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2023

The University of Virginia (UVA) will rework its legacy admissions policy, The Washington Post reported. An applicant’s familial ties to alumni will no longer be conveyed to admission officers in a direct “checkbox” way, UVA officials said. Concerns over maintaining racial diversity without race-based admissions rose.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 10, 2023

Josh Grossman The findings were revealed in a working paper titled, " The disparate impacts of college admissions policies on Asian American applicants,” written by researchers from multiple universities including Stanford, Brown, University of Michigan, and Harvard. Grossman, a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, less than half of U.S. So we tried to meet that need while keeping our academic standards the same.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action in college admissions in June has left universities, nonprofit organizations, Richard Kahlenberg and other higher education stakeholders with a single question: What are the best paths forward? Programs like Landscape and the Davis Scale have been developed across the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the nonprofit Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the nonprofit Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). While the U.S. Proposition 209, passed in 1996, banned affirmative action in California.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2023

Colleges and universities rely on admissions positions with high turnover and young employees to do much of the work when it comes to building graduating classes, according to a recent data analysis by College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). bachelor’s degree holders. bachelor’s degree holders.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 8, 2024

How long do college admissions take? It’s no secret that the college admissions process is a long and winding road. But exactly how long do college admissions take? Afterall, this is your education! How long does the college admissions process take? How long do college admissions take? What do you want?

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