Harvard’s legacy admissions are facing a civil rights probe by the U.S. Education Department in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June decision that ended affirmative action. The [...]
Wealth may be a powerful qualification for admission to the country’s top colleges, according to a new study from Harvard-based economists who focus on inequality. Among students with the [...]
The Supreme Court has ruled against the use of race as a factor in higher education admissions. The 6-3 decision will force colleges to scrap affirmative action policies designed to increase [...]
Math scores among America’s 13-year-olds took the biggest plunge on record, as setbacks stemming from pandemic school shutdowns persisted. Average scores on the National Assessment of Educational [...]
