The Chronicle: Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Race-Conscious Admissions at U. of Texas
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it would take up a lawsuit challenging race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas, setting the stage for it to reconsider affirmative-action policies that it had ruled constitutional in 2003, before its composition significantly changed.
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The Chronicle: Ontario Will Add 20,000 New Students at Colleges and Universities
Ontario, already the province with the most universities and colleges in Canada, will add 20,000 new places for students this fall, according to details in yesterday’s provincial budget. The province will spend more than $300-million for the expansion, in addition to more than $200-million that was previously announced. The budget also says Ontario plans to aggressively promote its colleges and universities abroad to encourage the world’s best students to study and settle in the province. It will also pay for an improved credit-transfer system. The higher-education expansion was welcomed by the universities and colleges, but faculty members said there was no mention of hiring additional professors.
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Chicago Tribune: Rejected applicant sues U. of I. over ‘clout list’
Suit seeks class-action status, more than $5 million in damages
A rejected applicant sued the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Tuesday, alleging unfair admissions practices because the school had maintained a “clout list,” accepting students ba
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Inside Higher Ed: Next Stages in Testing Debate
BALTIMORE — A year ago, the big news at the annual meeting of the National Association for College Admission Counseling was the release of a landmark report questioning the use of standardized testing. While the report didn’t call for testing to be abolished, it said that most colleges that required testing in the admissions process didn’t have a sufficient sense of its value, and the study suggested that careful analysis would lead many of those institutions to stop requiring the SAT or ACT as part of the admissions process.
The Chronicle: U. of Illinois President Resigns in Wake of Admissions Scandal
Report Calls on All U. of Illinois Trustees to Resign
In his resignation letter, B. Joseph White wrote: “The notion that I would submit to pressure — or apply pressure — for admissions or anything else in order to please the high and mighty is dead wrong.”
The admissions scandal at the University of Illinois claimed its highest-ranking victim on Wednesday, when B. Joseph White, president of the three-campus system, announced he was resigning, effective December 31.
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Chicago Tribune: New U. of I. board eliminates preferential admissions
URBANA – — Hoping to end a “sorry chapter” in University of Illinois’ history, new board chair Christopher Kennedy and other trustees voted Thursday to eliminate all preferential admissions practices that led to a massive scandal at the state’s most prestigious campus.
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Chicago Tribune: U. of I. admissions scandal: Faculty panel wants leadership change at school
Replacing Herman and White best for school, panel says
University of Illinois faculty leaders urged Thursday that the institution’s president and chancellor be replaced to restore public confidence following a monthslong admissions scandal.
“An orderly transition to new leadership for both of these positions is in the best interests of this campus, and the university,” according to a statement approved by the 15-member Senate Executive Committee.
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Inside Higher Ed: Damning Report on Illinois Scandal
When the Chicago Tribune revealed in May that the University of Illinois had used a “clout” admissions system — in which trustees and senior administrators pressured admissions officers on behalf of politically connected applicants — the university insisted that its admissions system was fundamentally fair and running well.
The Chronicle: Report Calls on All U. of Illinois Trustees to Resign
After spending nearly two months investigating an admissions scandal laced with political favoritism at the University of Illinois, a state-appointed panel issued its final report on Thursday, calling for the resignation of all members of the Board of Trustees, an overhaul of the admissions process, and new ethics policies for the board.
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Chicago Tribune: Ex-dean calls herself ‘victim’ of admissions scandal
After testimony on University of Illinois abuses, Heidi Hurd left message praising chancellor she had criticized
A former University of Illinois law school dean has made a final effort to distance herself from an admissions scandal, writing a lengthy letter to the state panel charged with investigating the practices.
Heidi Hurd — who testified before the Illinois Admission Review Commission nearly a month ago — sent a 15-page letter late last week in which she describes herself as a “victim” of the school’s clout lists, not a “perpetrator,” and details her efforts to push back against them.
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The Chronicle: Board Chairman Quits at U. of Illinois Amid Scandal Over Favoritism in Admissions
Three days after an investigative commission called on all politically appointed trustees of the University of Illinois to quit, the board chairman announced his resignation today, amid a scandal over the admission of politically connected applicants who were unqualified academically. According to the Chicago Tribune, which has uncovered a host of examples of students getting admitted because of who they knew, not what they knew, the board chairman, Niranjan Shah, sought advantages for both relatives and friends. His resignation comes days before the investigative panel is expected to release a final report on the affair.
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Chicago Tribune: University of Illinois trustee resigns over admissions scandal
Trustee Lawrence Eppley urges other board members to quit
A University of Illinois trustee’s resignation Tuesday made him the first casualty of the school’s high-profile admissions scandal, though fellow board members and those investigating abuses suggested that others are likely to fall.
Trustee Lawrence Eppley quit in a two-page letter to Gov. Pat Quinn that implored his fellow board members to step down along with him. He also urged administrators at the Urbana-Champaign campus to take responsibility for their actions in order to help the university regain the state’s trust.
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Chicago Breaking News: U. of I. chancellor: Fix admissions system
The University of Illinois’ favoritism toward students backed by powerful sponsors must come to an end, the principal enforcer of the campus’ secret admissions system testified today.
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Chicago Tribune: Giannoulias aide put kid on clout list for priest
Greek Orthodox leader who vouched for girl helped treasurer raise campaign cash
When a politically connected Greek Orthodox priest wanted help getting the daughter of a family friend into the University of Illinois, he reached out to a campaign adviser to state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.
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Inside Higher Ed: Foxes Guard Illinois Henhouse
When state university leaders lose trust on issues of integrity, it’s usually the job of trustees to show them the door. It’s not that simple, however, in Illinois – where nothing ever is.
As daily and damning reports illustrate, the admissions scandal at the University of Illinois has engulfed senior administrators, as well as some of the very trustees who would, under typical circumstances, be making heads roll. Therein lies the quandary: as faculty and lawmakers are learning firsthand, it’s hard for trustees who are themselves implicated in a scandal to fire anyone for their part in it.
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The Columbus Dispatch: Admissions officer puts newspaper in the trash
With prospective students and their parents visiting campus, an Ohio Wesleyan University employee decided he didn’t much care for a front-page story in the student newspaper.
Flanked by a photo of a beer bottle, The Transcript story detailed “The 50-Day Club,” a tradition in which seniors observe the days to graduation with two drinks a day at a Delaware bar.
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Los Angeles Times: UC San Diego sends wrong e-mail to rejected students
UC San Diego Admissions Director Mae Brown said this morning that an “administrative error” was responsible for a bogus e-mail that went out to 28,000 students congratulating them on their admission and welcoming them to the campus.
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Mercury News: New UC admissions policy gives white students a better chance, angers Asian-American community
A new University of California admissions policy, adopted to increase campus diversity, could actually increase the number of white students on campuses while driving down the Asian population.
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The Chronicle News Blog: Most Colleges Knowingly Admit Illegal Immigrants as Students, Survey Finds
More than half of the colleges that responded to a recent survey said they knowingly admit illegal immigrants to degree or diploma programs under certain circumstances, according to findings released on Monday by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.
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The Australian: Drive for more poor students in unis
THE Rudd Government today set a target of increasing the participation of the poor studying for degrees by 20 per cent by 2020.
The move will require universities and other providers to boost enrolments of low socio-economic status students by 55,000.
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