By Scott Jaschik. Court says Marquette was justified in punishing a professor for using his blog to criticize a graduate student by name. More...
$1.4M Verdict in Iowa Athletics Gender Bias Suit
By Scott Jaschik. A state jury found Thursday that the University of Iowa athletics department engaged in bias based on gender and sexual orientation against Jane Meyer, and awarded her $1.43 million, The Des Moines Register reported. More...
4 Chinese Nationals Charged With TOEFL Fraud
By Scott Jaschik. Federal authorities on Thursday announced the arrests of four Chinese nationals on charges of engaging in fraud on admissions tests that allowed three of them to obtain admissions to American universities and visas to study in the United States. More...
Leaving Over Campus Carry
By Scott Jaschik. Professor’s public resignation letter points to tensions in Kansas as new law takes effect this summer. More...
A Trump Flip-Flop on Black Colleges
By Scott Jaschik. On Friday, he suggests aid program for black colleges may be unconstitutional. On Sunday, he says his support for the institutions is “unwavering.” More...
Making Marquette More Diverse
By Scott Jaschik. To attract Latino students, university links to a network of Catholic high schools, builds transfer relationships with community colleges, and adds Spanish-speaking staffers. More...
Admissions Coverage -- Elsewhere and Here
By Scott Jaschik. Mizzou's shrinking class, annoying Ivy hype, a worthy prom date, TOEFL scam. More...
Success With Fee-Free Applications
By Scott Jaschik. On May 1 last year, 8 percent of the admitted applicants who said they would enroll at Trinity College in Connecticut were the first in their families to go to college. This year on May 1, the percentage was 12 percent -- a 50 percent gain in a single year. More...
How Far Is Too Far in Admissions Marketing?
By Scott Jaschik. Experts consider how colleges can differentiate themselves from their competitors -- without trash-talking. More...
Defying the Odds on Yield
By Scott Jaschik. Free tuition in New York State was supposed to make it impossible for places like Nazareth College to build a class. Yet the private college's yield is up and it will enroll a larger class this fall, without increasing the discount rate. More...