Media
In the News
PBS NewsHour
Why colleges are reconsidering their reliance on standardized tests for admission
NY Times – Frank Bruni
The Coronavirus May Change College Admissions Forever | Frank Bruni
Writing
Wall Street Journal
Despite the Supreme Court’s rejection of affirmative action, schools will find ways to ‘shape’ their classes to keep up minority enrollment.
Fast Company
Given ever-spiraling tuition prices, campuses are under pressure from parents and lawmakers alike to better prepare students for the workforce. In response, colleges are increasingly emphasizing their “experiential learning” offerings, mostly with co-ops and internships. Now one coffee company has gone a step further.
New York Magazine
The mass pivot to a test-optional approach reshuffled college admissions. MIT decided it was done.
USA Today
Let’s return sanity to college admissions. Coronavirus pandemic gives us an opportunity.
The Washington Post
Harvard and its peers should be embarrassed about how few students they educate
MarketWatch
Opinion: How to use a Moneyball strategy for college applications and find excellent schools that are undervalued
Selected Future U. Podcast Episodes
Will the Teens Be OK?
New CDC data show that more than half of teenage girls in the U.S. felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021, but it’s not just girls who are struggling. Lisa Damour, author of The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, breaks down the struggles of teenagers and the implications for colleges and universities from admissions to graduation and beyond.
The Great Realignment & Student-Athlete Wellbeing
Reporter Matt Brown from The Athletic and Arizona State University sports historian Victoria Jackson break down why the conferences have so much power over the historical foundations of American higher education.
A Looming Wave of Mergers and Acquisitions
The pandemic didn’t bring the wave of mergers and acquisitions that many in higher ed expected. Michael and Jeff talk with the head of Northeastern U’s M&A committee and an expert on M&A in health care and education about what’s next.
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