Defining Diversity at America’s Elite Colleges

We were recently asked if America’s elite colleges will choose to define diversity differently in the event our nation’s highest court outlaws Affirmative Action in the months to come. As loyal readers of our college admissions blog know all too well, we believe the United States Supreme Court will ban … 

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Importance of Diversity on College Campuses

At at a time when the importance of diversity on college campuses is under fire across college campuses as the Trump administration prepares a legal attack against the practice of Affirmative Action, it’s nice to see prominent university presidents defend the practice of diversity — and champion its importance. Newly … 

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Diversity on College Campuses

High school seniors are bombarded with college brochures. But do those college brochures accurately represent the colleges they’re portraying? Not always. Of course not always. These brochures are advertisements. The University of Wisconsin got a lot of flack a while back when they Photoshopped an African American student’s face into … 

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Brown University Admissions

Considering applying to Brown University in the years to come? At yesterday’s annual “State of Brown” address in which Brown’s administrators delivered a speech about the major issues facing the university, Dean of Admission Jim Miller made an interesting prediction. He, like many admissions officers who analyze demographic trends in … 

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