New study finds that wealth students perform better on SAT and ACT
EDWEEK — The number of students taking the SAT college admissions test at least once is growing back to pre-pandemic figures—even as some colleges and universities made the test optional at the onset of the pandemic.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Being accepted to your choice of graduate school and program is usually an exciting moment.
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THE WASHINGTON POST — Someone scrawled “Free Palestine” on the exterior of a Jewish fraternity house at Georgia Tech over the weekend, next to a large image of a menoroah. These and other incidents have rattled Jewish communities on campuses across America as they mourn victims of the Oct. 7 massacres and kidnappings.
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PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE — Duquesne University senior Jason Minicozzi saw his peers struggling. The lack of options led his organization, the Migration Club, to create the McAnulty College Community Food Pantry last year, joining a growing list of local universities opening, and expanding their pantries to meet the food insecurity crisis.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Most college and university presidents disagree with the decision on race-conscious admissions and think it will reduce diversity in higher education—just not at their institutions, a new survey finds.
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NPR — At UNC-Chapel Hill, three students died from fentanyl poisoning in just the last two years. A student-led group is working to make overdose medication more available.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Universities and departments should provide more resources for faculty, administrators and students to better understand, identify and accommodate invisible ones, writes Zachary Clary.
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LAW.COM — As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 29 ruling invalidating affirmative action efforts in higher education, many law schools are no longer accepting “diversity statements” from prospective law students—and some schools are reticent to discuss these policy changes.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The University of Houston Law Center has been honored for the eighth year in a row with the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
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THE DAILY PROGRESS — Nearly half of all students in the U.S. are performing behind their grade level in at least one subject. A new institute at the University of Virginia is planning on tackling those daunting figures and finding ways to improve K-12 education and help educators address the obstacles that face disadvantaged students.
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