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If colleges can't use race for admissions, what happens?
The U.S. Supreme Court to end racial preferences in college admissions, very soon, just about everyone predicts. So what happens next?...

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 15, 20232 min read


SATs are out. Published 'research' is in, but it's pay to play
Test scores are out. Everyone's got an A average. The "community service" trip to Mexico and the start-your-own-charity gambit are...

Joanne Jacobs
May 22, 20232 min read


Americans like merit, but Democrats aren't so sure
Most Americans -- "ordinary people" rather than academics -- believe in merit, writes Ruy Teixeira on Liberal Patriot. They want to help...

Joanne Jacobs
May 16, 20232 min read


Anxious teens: Are they working too hard in school?
Dropping SAT/ACT requirements at elite colleges could make ambitious teenagers even more anxious, writes Derek Thompson in The Atlantic. ...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 11, 20232 min read


Columbia goes 'holistic,' dumps SAT/ACT requirement
Columbia University, know for its core curriculum in humanities, has become the first Ivy League school to drop SAT/ACT scores as an...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 9, 20232 min read


Who gets in? Try dartboard admissions
The college admissions race is a waste of time, argues Rick Hess, education policy director of the American Enterprise Institute. Except...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 28, 20233 min read


Algebra: Gateway or barrier?
“What is so magical about algebra as a math requirement?” asked Eloy Ortiz Oakley, former chancellor of California’s community college...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 23, 20232 min read


Applying while Asian: No violin, no chess, no math club
Asian-American students are advised to be "less Asian" when they apply to selective colleges, reports Amy Qin in the New York Times....

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 6, 20222 min read


College apps are up again, and crunch season is just starting
College applications appear to be up this fall after a pandemic dip, according to the Common Application's report on early applicants....

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 21, 20221 min read


Diversity on trial
Diversity is a "fig leaf" for elite colleges' desire to discriminate on the basis of race, says linguist John McWhorter in a New York...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 2, 20222 min read


63% say 'no' to racial preferences in college admissions
Sixty-three percent of Americans say colleges shouldn't consider race in admissions, according to a Washington Post poll. Blacks are...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 23, 20221 min read


Without test scores, college admissions is 'chaotic' -- and still unfair
Without SAT or ACT scores, deciding who to admit is "chaotic, admissions officers told Kelly Slay, a Vanderbilt researcher. It's hard to...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 23, 20221 min read


Diversity is skin deep at Harvard
Stanford discriminated against Jewish applicants in the early 1950's, admitted President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who issued an apology last...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 16, 20222 min read
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