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Is Meritocracy Making Everyone Crazy?

Illustration of a person working at a desk on top of a graduation cap, with students of privilege being admitted and a worker pushing a cart full of boxes below.

If students of privilege are the ones who are admitted to elite colleges based on position and legacy rather than merit—then either meritocracy isn’t working properly or it wasn’t the right approach in the first place. Read on for the New Yorker’s take on elite higher education.

In Case You Missed It

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We’ve found some important and timely articles and information we’d like to share with you. Remember to visit our Facebook page for more links, events and information. Big changes coming for the ACT! In a very student-friendly move, the ACT announced today that starting September 2020 it will allow students to retake selected sections of…

Application Essays Can Help Students Get Into College. Could They Also Predict Their Success?

In higher education, predictive analytics often draw from data that an institution has readily available about its students: grades, attendance, online school-related activity, and even historical and demographic information. EdSurge reports that one university is trying to incorporate unstructured data—in particular, college admission essays—to predict how likely a student will persist and graduate on time.…