No magic formula exists for successful college applicants, but a national study released last week questions the usefulness of required college entrance exams.
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This summer session, UNC is housing two dozen students significantly younger than the rest. Twenty-four high school students are participating in a six-week academic boot camp as part of the University’s new science scholarship program.
Read More »UNC’s race-conscious admissions policy remains in place after months in limbo at the U.S. Supreme Court — but its long-term future is still uncertain.
Read More »Prospective students for UNC’s Class of 2017 were admitted Jan. 25 — but many more applicants were not.
Read More »High school seniors who received their acceptance letters to UNC Friday faced a more competitive early-action pool — with 15 percent more applicants than last year.
Read More »International students will be allowed to directly enroll at UNC for the first time this fall, as part of an effort to increase the global presence on a campus lagging behind its peers in that respect.
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Before UNC’s athletic recruits of 2013 sign with their teams, they must first be signed off on by the admissions office — and now there’s a new mathematical formula to predict their academic success.
Read More »With a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision that could make UNC’s admissions policy illegal, the University is scrambling to find a solution that would maintain its diversity within the law.
Read More »You might want to think twice before uploading those pictures from last weekend to Facebook. According to a recent annual survey of college and university admission officers, higher education institutions are increasingly using social media profiles to review prospective students.
Read More »To lessen anxiety for college applicants, more and more institutions are deciding to end early admission programs in favor of a single deadline.
Read More »The admissions advisory committee discussed its priorities in student recruitment in a meeting Tuesday.
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Michael Ward never wanted to go to a college that accepted a lot of people.
Read More »People believe that we live in a post-racial society. It’s a nice thought, an ideal, but ultimately a fallacy.
Read More »Less than a decade after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of race as a factor in college admissions, a new case could reverse that decision, affecting public universities nationwide.
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Jackson Hall is becoming a more popular place on campus year after year.
Read More »The University’s switch to the Common Application has admissions staff reviewing 5,468 more applications than last year — a jump of 23 percent.
Read More »Universities paying international recruiting agents on a per- student commission have fueled a national ethical debate. And the UNC system will be joining the discussion.
Read More »Despite stagnant faculty salaries and likely tuition hikes, the University is no less attractive to top high school students, said Chancellor Holden Thorp at a Monday meeting of the chancellor’s advisory committee.
Read More »Hispanic college enrollment increased by almost a quarter from 2009 to 2010, mirroring the nation’s rapidly diversifying population.
Read More »In an effort to make UNC a more diverse campus, student government’s Global University Committee is working with the Study Abroad Office and the Office of International Student and Scholar Services to create an international ambassadors program, the committee’s co-chairwoman Shannon Steel said.
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