By Scott Jaschik. Many fear students feel pressure to take too many of them. Admissions directors say they respect other kinds of rigorous courses just as much. More...
25 septembre 2018
25 septembre 2018
Study: High School Grade Inflation Pervasive
By Scott Jaschik. Do good grades in high school reflect subject-matter mastery? The question is important to educators, parents and college admissions officers evaluating the transcripts of applicants. A study last year found that grades are on the rise in high school nationwide. More...
25 septembre 2018
The 2018 Surveys of Admissions Leaders: The Pressure Grows
By Scott Jaschik. Not only are a majority of colleges failing to fill their new classes by May 1, the traditional target date, but they are failing to do so by June 1 as well, according to the 2018 Survey of College and University Admissions Directors, released today by Inside Higher Ed, in collaboration with Gallup. More...
25 septembre 2018
In SAT Make-Up Test, Were Recycled Questions Used?
By Scott Jaschik. After the SAT make-up test was given this weekend, reports again circulated on social media that the make-up test included many questions from a past SAT widely available in Asia. More...
25 septembre 2018
Walking on Campus… While Black
By Scott Jaschik. Incident at UMass is the latest in which the police are called on nonwhite people on campus, doing nothing wrong at all. More...
25 septembre 2018
Professors Question Gift to Saint Louis U
By Scott Jaschik. Faculty members at Saint Louis University are raising questions about whether a recent $50 million gift to create a research institute gave inappropriate control over hiring to the donors, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. More...
25 septembre 2018
Harvard Raises $9.62 Billion in 5-Year Campaign
By Scott Jaschik. Harvard University has completed a record-setting fund-raising campaign, raising $9.62 billion over five years. The campaign was launched in 2013 with a goal of $6.5 billion. The campaign raised $1.3 billion for financial aid. More...
25 septembre 2018
Another Case of Recycled SAT Questions?
By Scott Jaschik. After the SAT make-up test was given this weekend, reports again circulated on social media that the make-up test included many questions from an SAT widely available in Asia. An educator who works in China told Inside Higher Ed that his students reported to him about the use of these "recycled" questions, and that one student told him she had taken a practice test with the questions the day before the exam. More...
25 septembre 2018
Renewed Debate About GRE
By Scott Jaschik. University of Pennsylvania philosophy program drops requirement for its doctoral program, setting off broad discussion about the GRE test's merits and drawbacks. More...
25 septembre 2018
Positive View of Higher Ed, With Lots of Caveats
By Scott Jaschik. National poll finds more appreciation of colleges than other surveys have. In some areas, including affirmative action, sexual assault and mental health, the public isn't impressed. Public institutions earn more confidence than private ones. More...
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