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Ivy League Schools Go Test-Optional Again for 2022-2023 – What This Means for College Admissions

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Meanwhile, college admissions offices are paying more attention to equity than ever before and have begun to take claims against standardized testing increasingly seriously, especially evidence suggesting that these tests are unfair to low-income, minority, and other historically marginalized students. Will More Schools Follow Harvard’s Lead?

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Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

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From 2012-2018, the number of bachelor's degrees earned in the humanities fell by 27%. From 1987-2018, the number of associate degrees earned in the liberal arts and humanities grew by an average of 4.3% At the same time, the number of associate degrees awarded in vocational and professional fields dropped steadily from 2012-2018.

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Athletic Recruitment at Elite Colleges Skews Wealthy and White

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Saahil Desai, writing in The Atlantic , notes that 65% of domestic Ivy League athletes were white as of 2018, as were 79% of athletes among schools in Division III's New England Small College Athletic Conference , which features institutions such as Amherst College, Williams College, Middlebury College, and Wesleyan University.

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Majority of Transfer Students Come From High-Income Backgrounds, New Data Reveals

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Non-underrepresented minorities — or students who are not Black or African American, Latino/a, Native American or Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander — accounted for approximately 74% of transfer applicants in 2021-22. Since 2018-19, it has increased by only 3%.

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Will Legacy Admissions End Along With Affirmative Action?

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A new lawsuit claims Harvard University discriminates against minority students by favoring legacy applicants. The plaintiffs argued that legacy preferences, along with early admission programs, "operate to the disadvantage of minority applicants." At the same time, 42% of private schools had legacy preferences that same year.

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What You Need to Know About Northwestern University

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Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences is the liberal arts college at Northwestern University and it offers over 60 undergraduate majors and minors. The Wildcats have won two Big Ten West titles in football since 2018, and four bowl games since 2016. In 2021, the Northwestern field hockey team won the NCAA national championship.

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Georgia State University Creates Program for Black Women in Tech

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According to a 2018 study , researchers have looked to understand why many Black women may feel "they do not belong" in computing, examining the "unique experiences" they face of being Black and being a woman. But the benefits of Black women as tech majors don't begin when they enter the workforce.