admissions Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/admissions/ A Blog by ACE Tue, 13 Feb 2024 01:40:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png admissions Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/admissions/ 32 32 On Scandal, Trust, and the Role of College Presidents in Times of Crisis https://www.higheredtoday.org/2020/10/28/scandal-trust-role-college-presidents-times-crisis/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:04:10 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=17199 By Jerry Lucido, Julie Posselt, and Maria Claudia Soler ACE partnered with researchers from the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education to field a national survey of college and university presidents in March to better understand their viewpoints on college admissions and public trust in higher education, including their thoughts on the Operation Varsity Blues scandal. We received responses ...

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]]> The Harvard Admissions Case: Reactions to the Judge’s Ruling https://www.higheredtoday.org/2019/10/11/harvard-admissions-case-reactions-judges-ruling/ Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:29:55 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=15816 ACE Vice President and General Counsel Peter G. McDonough talks with four experts on diversity in admissions policy about the recent district court decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard. Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard is a federal lawsuit that was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging Harvard University’s “holistic” admissions ...

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]]> We Are All Complicit in the College Admissions Scandal https://www.higheredtoday.org/2019/04/08/complicit-college-admissions-scandal/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:47:16 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=14816 The recent college admissions scandal is neither shocking nor surprising. That’s the consensus among the undergraduate students I’m teaching this semester. Aside from the ethical lapses of the accused parents—from using doctored photos of their supposedly athletic offspring to paying up to $6.5 million to get their kids into college—what we learned about the behind-the-scenes workings of college admissions consultants and ...

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