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  2. 'We're really worried': What do colleges do now after ...

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    The University of California has long been a laboratory for experimentation in how to build diverse college classes without using race. In 1998, the first admission year after the passage of ...

  3. Posting rule - Wikipedia

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    Day 4: B's original letter of acceptance arrives, A then records the contract as a sale. B's acceptance of the offer means there is a binding contract – she is obliged to pay for the land or be liable for damages. B is just rejecting the offer, she did not actually revoke her acceptance; Under the posting rule, performance is a means of ...

  4. College admissions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    However, many schools do lose a small number of admitted students due to a phenomenon sometimes called summer melt: [219] [220] students, even those have sent in a deposit, will not show up in the fall, and this "melt percentage" can be as high as 5% to 10% of persons who have paid a deposit.

  5. Early decision - Wikipedia

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    Early decision (ED) or early acceptance is a type of early admission used in college admissions in the United States for admitting freshmen to undergraduate programs.It is used to indicate to the university or college that the candidate considers that institution to be their top choice through a binding commitment to enroll; in other words, if offered admission under an ED program, and the ...

  6. Many colleges have ditched SAT requirements — is it time to ...

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    Yale is one of only a few elite colleges, along with Dartmouth University and MIT, to have reinstated its testing requirement. In all three cases, school administrators said their research found ...

  7. Bob Jones University v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Bob Jones University v. United States, 461 U.S. 574 (1983), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the religion clauses of the First Amendment did not prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from revoking the tax exempt status of a religious university whose practices are contrary to a compelling government public policy, such as eradicating racial discrimination.

  8. UNC’s race-conscious admissions policy is unconstitutional ...

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    In its announcement of student essay prompts for the 2023-2024 admissions cycle, the Common Application, a membership-based college application platform used by more than 1,000 colleges nationwide ...

  9. California Postsecondary Education Commission - Wikipedia

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    The 1960 California Master Plan for Higher Education recognized that critical to the success of California's tripartite system of public higher education was a central body responsible for coordination and planning for higher education. The California Postsecondary Education Commission was established in 1974 as the State planning and ...