By . Student recruitment is complicated like that, as a new national survey of college-bound students suggests. Although most respondents (57 percent) said they were willing to receive texts from colleges, some kinds of messages appealed to them more than others. More...
Reinventing College Admissions as a Measure of Ethical Behavior
By . Richard Weissbourd talks about his widely read report on emphasizing service to others in the application process. More...
Tech Company Rekindles Lawsuit Against Common Application
By . Recently, the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success hired CollegeNET to create a shared online application that participating colleges would offer as an alternative to the Common App. More...
Amid Debate Over New Rival, Common Application Keeps Rolling
By . At the College Board’s annual forum here this week, admissions officials and college counselors have discussed — and dissected — the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success’s controversial plans for a new application system, still under construction. More...
Coalition Sheds (a Little) More Light on New Application System
By . The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success made the case for its forthcoming college-application platform here on Wednesday. During a packed session at the College Board’s annual forum, representatives of participating colleges described the controversial online system as a big, bold work in progress. More...
Record-Breaking Numbers of Applicants? Don’t Gloat
By . Forget the blooming flowers and chirping birds. Spring’s the time for writing triumphant news releases about how many applications your college received. More than last year! More than ever. More...
On the Path to Graduation, Life Intervenes
By Scott Carlson. Student poverty, homelessness, and hunger didn’t used to be colleges’ problem. Now they are grappling with how much to help. More...
College Board Bars Registrants Who Aren't Taking New SAT for 'Intended Purpose'
By Eric Hoover. The College Board sent a surprising email on Monday. "Due to a new test security measure," the message said, recipients couldn’t take the SAT this Saturday even though they had registered for it. Instead, they would have to wait until May. More...
Are Struggling College Students Like Cuddly Bunnies That Should Be Drowned?
By . Australia has been dealing with a rabbit infestation for well over a century. It all started in 1859, when a wealthy homesteader named Thomas Austin released two dozen rabbits on his property. Rabbits since have become a scourge, outcompeting the country’s livestock, not to mention its native species, for grazing grass and costing farmers 110 million Australian dollars annually. More...
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The education landscape is changing. On The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Re:Learning podcast, you’ll meet the renegade teachers, ed-tech entrepreneurs, longtime educators, and others shaping the future of college. This is part of our broader coverage of the future of education. For updates, follow the Re:Learning project on Twitter, Facebook, and iTunes. More...