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Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill reversing this enrollment freeze. As reported by Maria Young of The Daily Cal, the bill “increases fall 2022 enrollment at UC Berkeley and reverses the effects of the lawsuit that froze

Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, as reported by the Harvard Crimson. Judge Jackson, who is currently serving on the Board of Overseers at Harvard, was questioned about her ties to Harvard as they relate to its affirmative action

Nasser Paydar was nominated by President Biden for the position of assistant secretary of education for postsecondary education last week.

“After careful consideration of your application, I am sorry to inform you…” Each year these are the dreaded words hundreds of thousands of applicants read as they’re rejected from top schools across the country.

Ellie Bothwell of Times Higher Education summarizes some of the most important data on the World University Top 200 Rankings, as ranked by Times Higher Education.

In contrast to the sharply declining undergraduate acceptance rates, the number of applicants offered a spot on schools’ waitlists remains mostly consistent over time, a curious trend reported by Sam Kagan of The Daily Princetonian.

UC Berkeley lost the battle when the California Supreme Court rejected the university’s request to halt the enrollment freeze ordered by a lower court last month.

The Common Application, the largest college application portal in the country housing over 900 schools, released data on February 15th showing a similar trend of increased college applications.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, one of the most prestigious public high schools in the country, was recently sued for its new admissions policy.

According to a Stanford Report written by Chelcey Adami, the tuition increase “will help address pandemic inflationary pressures facing higher education.”