DIRS.INFO top alerts submit data jurnalism about API
login
Top related persons:
— - 2 Lee Coffin - 2 Bruce Sacerdote - 1 Coffin - 1 Michael Roth - 1 “ - 1 Brian Snyder - 1 EFN - 1
Top related locs:
Dartmouth New York Cambridge , Massachusetts Massachusetts Pomona Claremont , California California ” Pomona
Top related orgs:
Dartmouth - 2 MIT - 2 Service - 1 Ivy League - 1 Business - 1 Brown University - 1 Ivy - 1 Brown - 1

Search resuls for: "Lee Coffin"


2 mentions found


☆ SATs are back. Dartmouth is the first Ivy League to reverse course after pledging to remove standardized test requirement.
  + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Read previewDartmouth is the first Ivy League to reinstate its standardized test requirement, which will go into effect for 2029 applicants. The reintroduction of the standardized test requirement was based on a research study the school's faculty recently conducted with Brown University, according to Dartmouth's president. AdvertisementHistorically, standardized test scores have reflected national inequalities, with caucasian and Asian Americans scoring higher than Black and Latino test-takers. Coffin said that the reinstatement of the test requirement may lead to a smaller number of applicants, The Dartmouth reported. MIT was one of the first colleges to reinstate its standardized test requirement after the results of a study that reviewed applicants over the last 15 years.
Persons: —, Lee Coffin, Bruce Sacerdote, Coffin Organizations: Service, Ivy League, Business, Brown University, Ivy, Dartmouth, Brown, Pew Research, MIT, ACT Locations: Dartmouth
☆ What are legacy admissions — and do colleges need them?
  + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
Since the Supreme Court’s decision on race-based admissions, Wesleyan University and the University of Minnesota dropped legacy admissions. A 2022 report from nonprofit think tank Education Reform Now found that colleges were turning away from legacy admissions. Eighty-nine percent of college admissions directors did not support the use of legacy admits, and three-quarters of public colleges and universities didn’t even provide a legacy preference. “In that admission process, that legacy extra boost really can make a difference.”Donations, donations, donationsSome colleges say that legacy admissions play a financial role in keeping donors engaged. Casey added that getting rid of legacy admissions won’t change the compositions of the nation’s most elite colleges overnight.
Persons: Michael Roth, “, —, Brian Snyder, EFN, Joan Casey, we’ve, ” Casey, Gabrielle Starr, ” Starr, ” Chris Peterson, hasn’t, Starr, isn’t, “ Dartmouth, ”, Lee Coffin, Charles Krupa, ” Dartmouth, Casey, ” What’s, they’re Organizations: New, New York CNN, US, Court, American Civil Liberties Union, Wesleyan University, University of Minnesota, Johns Hopkins University, Pomona College, ” Wesleyan, CNN, Pew Research Center, Harvard University, Let’s, Harvard, Educational, Inc, Pomona, ”, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, Culture Colleges, Baker Library, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, US Department of Education, Harvard University discriminates Locations: New York, Cambridge , Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Pomona, Claremont , California, California, ” Pomona, Hanover, N.H
0 next >>
Total: 2