( Inside Higher Ed ) By Elizabeth Redden — As state spending for public universities goes down, international student enrollment goes up. A newly published working paper seeks to quantify this relationship, estimating that for the period between 1996 and 2012, a 10 percent reduction in state appropriations was associated with a 12 percent increase in international […]
Read More »(Harvard Crimson) By Brittany N. Ellis — The College admitted 938 early applicants to the Class of 2021 Tuesday, representing 14.5 percent of its 6,473 applicants for early admission and a five percent increase in early applicants compared to last year. This year’s acceptance rate for early applicants is the lowest since the the Admissions […]
Read More »Kaplan and The Princeton Review recently posted 3Q Financials. Both companies report declines in their YTD Test Prep business segments (-4% and -15% respectively). While these declines may seem disconcerting to independent tutors and boutique tutoring firms, there are some important considerations to, well, consider: 2015 3Q results (the comparator) were likely artificially bolstered by the then news […]
Read More »(Reuters) By Steve Stecklow and Alexandra Harney — The maker of the ACT college-entrance exam, which has been struggling to contain an international cheating epidemic, is raising its fees for overseas test-takers by $10 to pay for enhanced security. The price increase was described in a letter sent last month to a college counselor in […]
Read More »(The Ithacan) By Staff Writers — A report released by the ACT program in late September asserted that test-optional admission policies at colleges and universities are not beneficial. However, Ithaca College administrators, faculty and students said test-optional policies at the college have been worthwhile. The report released by the ACT in September found that test-optional policies do […]
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