Eric Hoover writes about the challenges of getting to, and through, college. Follow him on Twitter @erichoov, or email him, at eric.hoover@chronicle.com.
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Equity in EnrollmentThe Supreme Court Is Poised to Rip ‘the Bandage Off the Wound’ in Admissions. Healing Would Mean Many Reforms.
Race-conscious admissions programs were never an adequate remedy for the vast racial and socioeconomic inequities in higher education, a timely new report explains. -
Giving Hope
How a Student Emergency-Aid Experiment Became a Lifeline
An initiative at Milwaukee Area Technical College that put faculty and staff members in charge of offering emergency assistance to students has spread to 28 institutions. -
Recruitment Overhaul
Is It the End of Student Recruitment as We Know It?
The College Board has long reigned over the student-recruitment business. A rival company says that could soon change. -
‘An Inflection Point’
Why Admissions Leaders Are Wearing Down, Burning Out, and Leaving Jobs They Once Loved
The field is losing top talent even as the stakes of enrollment work are getting higher. The roots of the problem run deep. -
Finding Applicants
The Search for Prospective Students Is About to Change
The College Board has a plan: Admissions offices will connect with high-school students via mobile app. -
Striking an admission hurdle
Why One Admissions Official Sees Promise in a New Way of Admitting Students
How much information does a college really need to make an admission offer to a student? -
Opening the Gates
Congrats! You Didn’t Apply, but We Admitted You Anyway.
New experiments are short-circuiting the admissions process. Here’s why they matter. -
College Costs
Most Colleges Omit or Understate Net Costs in Financial-Aid Offers, Federal Watchdog Finds
The Government Accountability Office analyzed a slew of offers. Its findings aren’t pretty. -
Admissions
A New Push to Make Financial-Aid Offers More Transparent
Ten higher-education associations are announcing on Tuesday the formation of a task force that aims to enhance the “clarity, accuracy, and consistency” of student-aid offers. -
Race in Admissions
7 Key Moments From the Supreme Court Hearings on Race-Conscious Admissions
The conservative justices seemed skeptical of the colleges’ longstanding practice. The more liberal minority wondered if a race-neutral strategy would exacerbate the very problem it was claiming to fix.
