AI is scoring college essays and conducting interviews, a new layer in admissions stress

Applicants are not supposed to use AI to write college essays. But colleges are using AI to help assess applications. At ...
Forbes

How To Fix The College Admissions Process

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. The college admissions process is broken. What was once a ...

How is ‘merit’ defined in college admissions? You might be surprised.

Last spring, the University of Austin in Texas, declaring the college admissions system “biased,” “broken” and “unjust,” ...
Forbes

AI For College Admissions Essays: A Proposed Ethical Framework

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Legatt explores the intersection of education, AI, and leadership. Across the country, students are turning to AI for help ...
New York Post

I’m a professor: Here’s why my college’s new radical admissions policy makes sense — not ‘sheep’

College admissions are broken — and everyone knows it. Working at a number of colleges over my career has taught me the ideal students are independent thinkers craving challenge and willing to be bold ...
CNN

Today’s college admissions process isn’t just convoluted. It’s cruel

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mary Frances Ruskell graduated in May from her high school in Columbia, South Carolina. The first round of admissions decisions for Clemson University came out on a December evening, ...
The New York Times

Don’t Fall for the Rigged College Game

Mr. Selingo is the author of “Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You.” Every fall, as another college admissions season begins in earnest, high school counselors witness a predictable ...
OPB

College admissions: How the game is shifting

Editor’s note: This is the first story in a collaborative series covering the state of Northwest college admissions in 2025. Directives by the Trump administration are aimed at eliminating race-based ...
The Harvard Crimson

Admissions are Broke. College Consultants Aren’t.

This staff editorial solely represents the majority view of The Crimson Editorial Board. It is the product of discussions at regular Editorial Board meetings. In order to ensure the impartiality of ...
Los Angeles Times

You got accepted and didn’t even apply? Why college ‘direct admission’ is growing nationally

Gov. Newsom signed legislation expanding direct admissions to 16 CSU campuses, automatically admitting college-ready students before they even submit applications. For students direct admissions can ...
EdSource

You’re in and didn’t even apply? Why college direct admissions is growing nationally

EdSource · The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 January 8, 2026 - It's time for John ...