In Focus - Admissions
A compilation of articles about how colleges recruit students, and how applicants apply to colleges.
Recent Coverage
Courting Valedictorians
July 8, 2011
Throwing Out a State Vote
July 5, 2011
Ranking the Online Colleges
June 30, 2011
ACT's Validity Questioned
June 21, 2011
Blocked Transfer
June 14, 2011
Holding the Line on Agents
May 20, 2011
In the Market for Transfers
May 17, 2011
Stanford Adds Alumni Interviews
May 13, 2011
Alternative Approaches | Affirmative Action | Rankings | Views | Standardized Tests | Ethics | Research | Diversity | Early Decision | Gender | Private Counselors
Alternative Approaches
- Courting Valedictorians - July 8, 2011
- In the Market for Transfers - May 17, 2011
- Stanford Adds Alumni Interviews - May 13, 2011
Affirmative Action
- Throwing Out a State Vote - July 5, 2011
- Key Win for Affirmative Action - January 19, 2011
- Strategic Displacement - January 11, 2011
Rankings
- Ranking the Online Colleges - June 30, 2011
- Is There a Price for Inclusiveness? - March 2, 2011
- Anger Over New Rankings - February 8, 2011
Views
- Engaging With Agents - June 23, 2011
- Missed Opportunity - April 22, 2011
- Honesty on Application Essays - February 3, 2011
Standardized Tests
- ACT's Validity Questioned - June 21, 2011
- Revamping MCAT and Pre-Med Education - April 1, 2011
- Advanced Placement: Up and Down - February 10, 2011
Ethics
- Holding the Line on Agents - May 20, 2011
- ‘They Ask. Who Tells?’ - October 4, 2010
- Commissions and Foreign Students - October 4, 2010
Research
- The Other 'Summer Melt' in Admissions - April 4, 2011
- 'Crazy U' - March 2, 2011
- Information Unstacks the Deck - December 2, 2010
Diversity
- Is There a Price for Inclusiveness? - March 2, 2011
- The Same Boxes to Check - January 26, 2011
- Asking More Than Male or Female - August 12, 2010
Early Decision
- Surrender to Early Admissions - February 25, 2011
- The Move Back to Early Admissions - November 17, 2010
- Early Decision Bounces Back - October 21, 2010
Gender
- Worries Over a 2-to-1 Ratio - September 24, 2010
- Asking More Than Male or Female - August 12, 2010
- Probe of Extra Help for Men - November 2, 2009
Private Counselors
- Private Counselors, Policing Themselves - June 7, 2010
- New Ethics Rules for Admissions Consultants - July 29, 2008
- When Med Students Become Admissions Counselors - March 19, 2008