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Rise in college applications raises concerns about access
- 11-19-2010
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Blog by Caralee Adams/Education Week
A report released today chronicles how more applications than ever are pouring into admissions offices at the nation's colleges. The reasons behind the trend, however, are more complex that just the notion of hyper-competitive students sending out multiple applications. Overall, there are just more students aspiring to college, and many institutions are fueling the influx with widespread recruiting materials that pump up interest in their schools. That growing pool of interest is also raising questions and concerns about access to higher education, the National Association for College Admission Counseling writes in "Putting the College Admission 'Arms Race' in Context." The big findings of the report: (more…)
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