A lot has changed since Nicholas Lemann last wrote about college admissions tests in his 1999 book, The Big Test. A progressive movement against standardized test requirements took off in the 2000s, ...

At first glance, calls from members of Congress to restore academic merit in college admissions might sound like a neutral policy. In our view, these campaigns often cherry-pick evidence and mask a ...

Guide to the 2026 changes to the Ucas personal statement The majority of UK university courses do not require additional admissions tests. Instead, offers are made on the basis of the student’s final ...

Matt Whittle has experience writing and editing accessible education-related content in health, technology, nursing and business subjects. His work has been featured on Sleep.org, Psychology.org and ...

A recently released Dartmouth report calls for reinstating mandatory, standardized test scores as an admissions criterion. Knee-jerk critics of the SAT and ACT, habituated to condemning those supposed ...

Admissions dean Lee Coffin spoke with Inside Higher Ed about the data behind Dartmouth’s decision to reinstate standardized testing, and more. Dartmouth College this week became the first Ivy League ...

Thousands of Palm Beach County students in line to take an alternative path to graduation by using their college entry exam scores are at risk of falling short as the state embraces repeatedly delayed ...