The pressure on college admissions offices to produce a new class is getting more intense, according to the 2016 Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Admissions Directors. And the percentage of colleges that met their goals by May 1, the traditional date by which colleges aim to have created their class, is down. The last year has seen many changes in college admissions -- a new SAT, the launch of a new college application to rival the Common Application, a shift in the calendar of applying for financial aid and a proposal by Hillary Clinton to make public higher education free for most Americans. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling upheld the consideration of race and ethnicity by colleges in admissions decisions. And the Obama administration gave new momentum to a push to have colleges stop routinely asking about applicants’ criminal backgrounds.

September 22, 2016 ・ From Inside Higher Ed