By Karina Huber May 28, 2019 (CGTN AMERICA) — The U.S. college admissions process is currently undergoing some changes, in part, because of the recent college bribery scandal. But, also because of a series of lawsuits, challenging affirmative action—a policy that gives some applicants an edge based on non-academic factors such as race and gender. […]

By Lois Elfman April 21, 2019 (Women in Higher Education) — In mid‐March, indictments were handed down to 50 people involved in a far‐reaching college admissions scam. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, it is the largest such matter prosecuted in the United States to date. Operation Varsity Blues, as the investigation was […]

By Katie Kindelan March 13, 2019 (GMA) — The college admissions cheating scandal that includes charges against about 50 people, including top CEOs as well as actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, has placed a giant spotlight on the inequity of the college admissions process. Those indicted in the investigation, dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues,” allegedly […]

By Erin Richards March 13, 2019 (USA TODAY) — For a subset of the American public, the annual race to get into top-tier schools is marked by anxious teenagers, mountains of paperwork, and the occasional wealthy parent who makes a large donation to a university advancement office to influence an admission decision. But the complexity […]

By CHARLOTTE ALTER and JULIA LULL Nov 14, 2014 (TIME) — Parents: sit down before you read this. Kids: deep breaths. You know that beautifully crafted, deeply felt, highly unusual college application essay you’ve been polishing? It might not make a difference for your college admission chances. Stanford sociologist Mitchell Stevens spent 18 months embedded […]

By Christopher Feaver Jan 23, 2015 (pressconnects) — A growing reputation for learning and research boosts enrollment on the Vestal campus The second look at Binghamton University was the charm for Kate Sherwood. After having been turned off by on-campus construction on her first visit to the Vestal campus in 2011 while a high school […]

By Katherine Landergan, Town Correspondent July 31, 2013 (BOSTON GLOBE) — A London-based magazine has ranked Boston University and Brown University as schools of equivalent stature in its list of the “top universities by reputation.” According to the Times Higher Education magazine, BU and Brown tied in the category for the 81st to 90th best universities […]

By Zohra D. Yaqhubi March 25, 2013 (The Harvard Crimson) — The overwhelming majority of very high-achieving, low-income students choose not to apply to the most selective colleges in the nation, according to a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research that will be published in the spring 2013 Brookings Papers on Economic […]