Most elite colleges, like Yale and Harvard, give a boost to applicants who are children of alumni. But with affirmative action under attack, that may become harder to defend.
Tag: Colleges and Universities
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When a Professor Trades the Academy for an Art Career of His Own
For Thomas Woodruff, retirement from teaching offered the very thing he’d been trying to instill in his students: artistic freedom.
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Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings
U.S. News & World Report announced that it had “unranked” the Ivy League university after being unable to verify its data.
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A Mental Health Checklist for College Students
Students should not wait until they are on campus to begin thinking about how to protect their emotional well-being, experts say.
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Why Are We Still Talking About Black Mountain College?
In 1933, a handful of renegade teachers opened a school in rural North Carolina that would go on to shape American art and art education for decades to come.