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High-achieving students at East Aurora High School say they were “undermatched” and missed out on generous financial aid packages from selective universities because they were not properly guided or encouraged to apply to them.
A campus psychologist explains why so many students ask him for help after they’ve failed courses.
Even if wealthy parents don’t resort to the kind of illegal tactics in the recent college cheating scandal revealed by the FBI, the college admission process still favors the rich, scholars argue.
As Black boys from the “hood,” we weren’t supposed to succeed in college but we did because of Urban Prep, a group of alumni write in a response to criticism of the school.
The College Board is adding a new ‘adversity score’ to the SAT to take students’ socioeconomic backgrounds into account. Will the move correct long-standing disparities in the college entrance exam?
The federal government isn’t the only one that has banned student financial aid to prisoners. Many states have enacted their own bans as well, new research shows.
Urban Prep Academy in Chicago made a name by boasting about its 100% college acceptance rates for graduating seniors. A founding teacher at Urban Prep explains why that statistic is misleading.
The “model minority” stereotype masks the diversity of experiences and racial inequities faced by the city’s Asian Americans, as detailed in a new report.
More than half of applicants for Illinois’ Monetary Award Program, which helps poor students pay for college tuition, were turned away in the 2016-17 school year due to a lack of state funding.
Deep cuts to higher education are pushing black, Latino and other first-generation college hopefuls out of a path to upward economic mobility, a new report shows.