The Trump effect in college admissions

09/13/2017
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By Nick Anderson (Washington Post).  A sizable share of college admission directors say they have intensified efforts to recruit in rural areas and find more white students from low-income families following Donald Trump’s unexpected victory in the 2016 presidential election, according to a survey from the online news outlet Inside Higher Ed. The 2016 election and […]

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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”

03/29/2017
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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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