Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rick Hess is a scholar who writes about K-12 and higher education. Jun 05, 2023, 06:00am EDT Jul 14, 2023, 11:15am EDT This ...
Last spring, the University of Austin in Texas, declaring the college admissions system “biased,” “broken” and “unjust,” ...
Applications to accredited colleges and universities have surged 83% over the past decade, and the nation's most exclusive ...
Readers respond to a guest essay arguing that it is an unfair “racket. Also: An attack on climate research and safety; the value of immigrants to America.
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Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions
Some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges have been enrolling record numbers of low-income students as campuses ...
Fewer students in this fall’s class of college freshmen chose to disclose their race or ethnicity in their applications to some top schools, data shows. The pattern, which is nuanced and only affects ...
A 5% acceptance rate means a 95% rejection rate. If your student is looking for additional colleges with January application ...
This spring, The Wall Street Journal caused quite a stir with an article about admissions at what used to be called safety schools -- those colleges and universities that, while they weren’t the ...
Getting Rid of Legacy Preferences in College Admissions Would Be Satisfying. It’s Not Nearly Enough.
Twenty years ago, Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, then patriarch of one of America’s most famous political families, took on a fight to reform selective college admissions. At the ...
It’s time to do away with selective college admissions for undergraduate education. Now, let’s get the caveats out of the way. When it comes to specific training that requires particular skills (as ...
One of the most persistent concerns I hear from parents is that it’s harder than ever for their children to get into selective colleges. They cite ever dropping acceptance rates among top schools and ...
It’s high school graduation season. Most graduates are heading off to employment, community colleges, or open-admissions colleges, but a few hundred thousand are about to enroll in selective colleges.
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