Five views on the great enrollment crash; as the nation's students have grown more diverse, data show if Harvard's enrollment has kept pace; and more.
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While Harvard, which won a judge’s approval of its race-conscious admissions policies, lags in its representation of black and Hispanic students, it far outpaces other four-year institutions over all in its representation of Asian Americans. (PREMIUM)
Richard Arum is back with a new project that aims to measure what students learn in college, using huge amounts of student data. Can his group pull it off?
Caitlin Zaloom argues that the financial, interpersonal, and moral repercussions of student loans are redefining familial relationships and socioeconomic boundaries. (PREMIUM)
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