College Inc. Archive: Admissions
Cal State's Reed: Don't cut Pell grant program
California State University broke with years of tradition in the 2008 downturn by adopting competitive admissions. For the first time in a long time, California students in the top third of their classes with B averages weren't guaranteed admission. Since...
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Daniel de Vise
| March 2, 2011; 12:22 PM ET |
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Fixing higher ed: Catholic University's Brennan
In an article published Sunday in The Washington Post Magazine, I offer eight suggestions to "fix" higher education. After reading the article, you can rank the ideas in a poll, which you will find farther down on this blog. For...
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| February 26, 2011; 2:31 PM ET |
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Fixing higher ed: Lumina's Jamie Merisotis
In a story that published Sunday in The Washington Post Magazine, I offer eight suggestions to "fix" higher education. After reading the story, you can rank the ideas in a poll, which you will find farther down on this blog....
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Daniel de Vise
| February 24, 2011; 5:52 PM ET |
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Christopher Newport sends erroneous admit letters to 2,000 students
Updated Friday afternoon with some FAQs from CNU. Christopher Newport University in Virginia mistakenly sent 2,000 e-mails Wednesday to prospective students, telling them they'd been accepted into the fall class when in fact they had not, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports....
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Daniel de Vise
| February 24, 2011; 3:42 PM ET |
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Harvard, Princeton return to early admission
Here's some big news in Ivy League admissions: Harvard and Princeton are going back to nonbinding early action, an early admission option that is sometimes deemed fairer to students than binding early decision. Most of the nation's top colleges have...
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Daniel de Vise
| February 24, 2011; 11:45 AM ET |
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Fixing higher ed: College Board's Sandy Baum
In a forthcoming story for The Washington Post Magazine, I offer eight suggestions to "fix" higher education. I will host a brief online Q&A on the fixes at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Click here to pose a question in advance. For...
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Daniel de Vise
| February 18, 2011; 12:40 PM ET |
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