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Bid Brain Can Change The Way Students Apply To College

(Forbes)  by Richard Vedder. In dating, there are enormous information problems. A guy knows the kind of girl he wants to date, but how does he find her? Modern technology can help marvelously: my own daughter found her husband on Matchmaker.com. Similarly, there is an enormous information problem that universities and their students continually confront. […]

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The Princeton Review’s 2017 “College Hopes & Worries Survey” Reports on 10,000+ Students’ & Parents’ College Application Perspectives and “Dream Colleges”

According to The Princeton Review’s 2017 College Hopes & Worries Survey, the company’s 15th annual survey of college applicants and their parents, anxiety levels about the admission process are up this year.  76% of the over 10,000 respondents reported high levels of stress—4% more than last year’s survey respondents, and 20% more than in the survey’s initial […]

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How much longer will students be willing to go away to college?

(The Washington Post) by Jeffrey J. Selingo. As the last of the college acceptances roll in for high school seniors this month, it’s likely more of those offers than ever before will be coming from campuses far from home. Over the last two decades, the number of students traveling a significant distance to college has […]

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What Makes Admissions Officers More Likely to Admit Low-Income Students?

(Edweek) by Catherine Gewertz. A newly published study shows that admission officers at selective colleges are more likely to offer spots to low-income students if they have a better understanding of the high schools those students attend. The study suggests that a relatively simple intervention—providing additional details about the context from which a student comes—could […]

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