Consultants Boost College Applications. Is It Wrong to Use One for My Child?
The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the kinds of extracurricular support parents owe their college-bound children.
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One of America’s First Women’s Colleges Is Accused of Paying Men More
Vassar has maintained a gender-based pay gap for two decades, current and former female professors say in a recently filed lawsuit.
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With a New Formula, U.S. News Rankings Boost Some State Universities
Responding to critics, the publication made its biggest changes to its method in four decades. But it’s unclear whether that is enough to quiet the naysayers.
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Union Push by Dartmouth Athletes Is Distinct From Previous Failed Efforts
A bid to unionize by the Dartmouth men’s basketball team raises questions that earlier unsuccessful campaigns in college sports have not addressed.
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Civil Disobedience Against Book Bans?
More from our inbox: Nancy Pelosi, Thank You, and Go Home!We Can’t Let China Edit Our FilmsA.I.-Generated College EssaysOne Way to Ease AnxietyCredit…Federico TramonteTo the Editor: Re “This Summer, I Became the Book-Banning Monster of Iowa,” by …
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Florida Approves Classic Learning Test for Use in College Admissions
Students can take the exam in place of the SAT or ACT. It’s the latest push by Gov. Ron DeSantis to remake his state’s education system.
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Affirmative Action Is Still in Effect. For Men.
In the spring of 2021, about 2,000 students on the campus of Tulane University in New Orleans received an email they were expecting. They had filled out an elaborate survey provided by Marriage Pact, a matchmaking service popular on many campuses …
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Ban or Embrace? Colleges Wrestle With A.I.-Generated Admissions Essays.
A.I. chatbots could facilitate plagiarism on college applications or democratize student access to writing help. Or maybe both.
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We Used A.I. to Write Essays for Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Here’s How It Went.
We Used A.I. to Write Essays for Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Here’s How It Went. A.I. chatbots can do a passable job of generating short essays. Whether their use on college applications is ethical is the subject of fierce debate. By Natasha Singer …
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The New Reality for College Dining Halls: Dozens of Dietary Restrictions
For the staff of the Michigan State University dining halls, serving roughly 27,000 students each semester has never been a picnic. But these days, the job involves an even bigger challenge: One in six of those students has an allergy or other …
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