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Adam Maida / The Atlantic; Getty The College-Admissions Process Is Completely Broken
But it doesn’t have to be.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The SAT and the ACT Will Probably Survive the Pandemic—Thanks to Students
Despite colleges dropping their testing requirements because of the coronavirus, students continue to sign up for the exams, believing that a score is the key to admission.
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Caroline Brehman / CQ-Roll Call, Inc / Getty Colleges Are Deeply Unequal Workplaces
As universities plan to reopen, they continue to overlook the concerns of campus staff.
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Ben Margot / AP There Is No Way to Prevent the Next Cheating Scandal
Admissions officers are in no position to evaluate the truthfulness of the applications they review.
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d3sign / Getty Why Are So Few Male Students Studying Abroad?
More than 300,000 college students went overseas in 2016–17. Just a third of them were men.
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Jae C. Hong / AP As Humanities Majors Decline, Colleges Try to Hype Up Their Programs
The Great Recession scared a lot of students away from the humanities. Now administrators are trying to bring them back.
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Gerry Broome / AP The Rise of College ‘Grade Forgiveness’
Universities are letting students take classes over again—a consequence of the pressure schools feel to ensure their “customers” are satisfied.
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Charles Mostoller / Reuters The Two Most Important College-Admissions Criteria Now Mean Less
When so many students have outstanding grades and test scores, schools have to get creative about triaging applicants.
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Jon Herskovitz / Reuters The Best Ways to Fix College Admissions Are Probably Illegal
Cooperation among selective schools would make students’ lives easier. It would also likely run afoul of federal antitrust law.
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Steve Helber / AP The Future of College Looks Like the Future of Retail
Similar to e-commerce firms, online-degree programs are beginning to incorporate elements of an older-school, brick-and-mortar model.
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Corey Brickley The Third Education Revolution
Schools are moving toward a model of continuous, lifelong learning in order to meet the needs of today’s economy.
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The False Promises of Worker Retraining
Despite assurances from policymakers that retraining is the key to success, such programs have consistently failed to equip workers with the preparation they need to secure jobs.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Why Universities Are Phasing Out Luxury Dorms
In recent decades higher-education institutions have tried to lure students with extravagant amenities, but some are finding that these attempts can actually threaten enrollment and retention.
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Kevin Rivoli / AP What Is the Future of College Marketing?
The “typical” American college student is changing. Is Big Data equipped to keep up?
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James A. Finley / AP How Colleges Use Big Data to Target the Students They Want
By tracking prospective pupils’ digital footprints, schools can make calculated decisions about their admissions outreach—for a price.
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Mark Peterson / Getty Colleges' Endless Pursuit of Students
With increasingly sophisticated data, universities are constantly courting prospective attendees.
