By Scott Jaschik. College of Charleston stopped considering race in admissions in 2016, and word just leaked Sunday. More...
Harvard Answers Back on Affirmative Action
By Scott Jaschik. New briefs from university provide an inside look at terms like "standard strong" and examples of Asian applicants whose ethnicity was viewed favorably and dispute statistical analysis provided by those claiming anti-Asian bias. More...
Application Increases Follow Title IX Investigations
By Scott Jaschik. More women and more men apply, and more enroll, after an inquiry becomes public. More...
Temple Rankings Scandal: From Bad to Worse
By Scott Jaschik. University admits it provided false data for six additional programs beyond the online M.B.A. for which it already made such an admission. More...
Asian Backing for Harvard on Affirmative Action
By Scott Jaschik. Monday was the day that various groups filed briefs in the lawsuit charging that Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants. Most of the briefs were fairly predictable, with many prominent colleges and higher education associations lining up behind Harvard. More...
Unusually Large Gift for Philosophy at UCLA
By Scott Jaschik. While $20 million gifts for business or medical schools are common, they are rare for philosophy departments, where seven-figure gifts are generally considered exceptional. In January, philosophy scholars cheered a $75 million gift to the philosophy program at Johns Hopkins University. And on Monday, the University of California, Los Angeles, announced a $25 million gift for the humanities, of which $20 million will support the philosophy department. More...
ACT Acquires NRCCUA
By Scott Jaschik. ACT announced Tuesday that it has acquired the National Research Center for College and University Admissions, known by its abbreviation NRCCUA. More...
Does the Attorney General Care When Republicans Squelch Expression?
By Scott Jaschik. Jeff Sessions gives another speech denouncing campuses for failing to permit all viewpoints to be heard. When it comes to recent incident at University of Kansas, he's not talking. More...
U.S. Probes False Claims by Temple's Online M.B.A.
By Scott Jaschik. Temple University this month admitted that, for years, its online M.B.A. program intentionally submitted false data about numerous program characteristics to U.S. News & World Report in an attempt to secure top rankings. More...
Coleman University Will Close
By Scott Jaschik. Coleman University, a nonprofit private vocational university, will close, NBC 7 reported. Officials blamed financial and accreditation issues. More...