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Family income is a predictor of essay quality, says the study. But admissions officers can tell when an essay has been ghost written by a high-priced consultant.

NationofChange A spinoff of a forthcoming book from Johns Hopkins Press about the value of the liberal arts. Last month, many disappointed applicants to the University of California received rejection letters, thousands of them, with 250,000 competing for 46,000 spots. Mary McNamara, writing in the  Los Angeles Times, voiced the dismay of parents whose qualified kids got turned down, pointing out that she and other Californians pay hefty state taxes. (4/14/21). But disgruntled taxpayers should know how little of California’s budget actually goes to higher education. Ac...

May 13, 2021, 3:00 p.m. ET Credit...Chris Gash By Stephen Adair and Colena Sesanker Dr. Adair is a sociology professor at Central Connecticut State University. Dr. Sesanker teaches philosophy at Gateway Community College in New Haven, Conn. The last 40 years have seen an ever-widening income gap between those with college degrees and those without. Over that interval, incomes have soared for those with advanced degrees and declined for those with high-school diplomas or less. As a result, the route to economic security for young people depends increasingly on access to higher education. Yet i...

How College Admissions Have Changed During Covid Share to Facebook getty Harvard admitted 3.4% of its undergraduate applicants this year. Yale, 4.6%. Columbia just 3.7%. Last night at 7 p.m. on the east coast, the eight colleges that make up the Ivy League let applicants know whether they were accepted or rejected. After the pandemic forced most schools to adopt test-optional admission policies, applications soared at the nation’s most selective schools. Some 57,435 students applied to Harvard, an increase of 43% over the previous year. Harvard admitted 1,968, including those who applied ea...