By Scott Jaschik. Experiment in California suggests that the right kind of outreach can increase the participation of low-income students in aid programs. More...
27 novembre 2018
Making the Message Simple and Direct
New Data on Admissions: Criteria That Matter, Early Decision and More
By Scott Jaschik. "State of College Admission" finds colleges focus more on academics than personal characteristics and value first-generation status over race/ethnicity. More...
Is Artistic Freedom a Lost Cause?
By Scott Jaschik. Mary Baldwin University last week shut down an art exhibit after some students said that the art was racist. The artists involved say their art wasn't racist at all -- but has been misunderstood. More...
Stanford's (Now Truthful) Aid Policy for M.B.A. Admits
By Scott Jaschik. A year after revelation that university's business school lied for years about how it used aid to build its class, a new approach is announced. More...
26 novembre 2018
2 Shot, 1 Fatally, After Voorhees Homecoming Event
By Scott Jaschik. Two men were shot, one of them fatally, after a homecoming event Friday night at Voorhees College, in South Carolina. A statement from the college said that the men were not affiliated with the college. The campus has been placed on lockdown. More...
Mass Shooting at Bar 'Packed With College Students'
By Scott Jaschik. At least 12 people were shot and killed at a bar in Ventura County in Southern California Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Times reported. More...
‘Making Up Your Own Mind’
By Scott Jaschik. Mathematics scholar turned college president discusses his new book on problem solving. More...
Tokyo Medical U Admits Women It Discriminated Against
By Scott Jaschik. Tokyo Medical University has offered spots to 101 women who were discriminated against when they applied, The Washington Post reported. The women were rejected during a period in which the university lowered the scores of women on entrance exams to assure that a majority of new students each year would be men. More...
Another Mass Shooting With Student Victims
By Scott Jaschik. Southern California campuses shaken by attack in bar full on "college night." 2 students and recent graduate are among those killed. Plus links to background on some of the many other mass shootings with victims tied to academe. More...
Racist Social Media Posts Roil Davidson College
By Scott Jaschik. Many students at Davidson College have been alarmed by the release by an activist group of racist and anti-Semitic social media posts that the group linked to students at the college, The Charlotte Observer reported. The posts praised Hitler and the Ku Klux Klan. More...
