Spark Admissions

MAY 10, 2023

Although the term comes up most often these days in the context of college admissions in the United States, affirmative action has been around since the 1960s and has affected a wide range of laws and policies. Indeed, in its origins, it was most closely linked to employment, rather than education.

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BestColleges

JULY 7, 2023

A new lawsuit claims Harvard University discriminates against minority students by favoring legacy applicants. This time, the suit involves legacy admissions , the university's policy of favoring children of alumni. The recent Supreme Court decision to ban race-conscious admissions has reinvigorated debates around legacy admissions.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 16, 2025

Lifetime guest policy. This exclusivity sometimes led to criticism, particularly regarding the club’s lack of diversity and its exclusion of women and minorities. Gender discrimination The Porcellian Clubs all-male membership policy has faced significant criticism, especially as societal views on gender equality have shifted.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 18, 2024

Minority enrollments at both law and medical schools have increased in recent years. A decade ago, only about 28% of first-year law students were racial or ethnic minorities. Despite such growth in student diversity, minorities in the legal profession remain underrepresented in the U.S.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The federal government awarded a dozen minority-serving institutions (MSIs) $18.8 The program — dormant since its creation in 2008 — supports teacher preparation programs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), and other MSIs. The Augustus F.

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The Koppelman Group

JULY 25, 2024

These students have access to more than 50 majors, more than 60 minors, and more than 60% of students take part in an academic study abroad experience. Wake Forest has been test optional since May of 2008, meaning that they don’t require the SAT or ACT as part of your application.

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The Thoughtful College Search

MAY 2, 2022

MIT’s announcement has not opened the floodgates to other institutions reversing their test-optional policies. There are, of course, some global reasons why test-optional policies will not go away. Is MIT’s decision the beginning of a trend, an anomaly, or neither? We probably already have the answer, at least in one regard.

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