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Applying for College? Keep in Mind, What You Post Online Is Public Record
If you’re a college applicant, you may have fine-tuned your essays and submissions. It’s a good idea to clean up your online profiles, too. “If I was a student applying to college, I would assume that someone may look at my profiles,” said Christine Lilley, director of K-12 institutional partnerships at Kaplan. The company has inside information on what...
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How Social Media Could Help Or Hurt Your College Candidacy
It’s college application season, but high school seniors might be overlooking something big.
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Supreme Court Justices Raise Doubts on Race-Conscious College Admissions
The future of affirmative action in higher education is on the table as the Supreme Court wades into the admissions programs at the nation’s oldest public and private universities. The justices are hearing arguments Monday in challenges to policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard that consider race among many factors in evaluating applications for admission. Following the...
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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Affirmative Action Case
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether colleges and universities should take race into consideration when accepting students.