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After ‘Varsity Blues’ scandal, lots of talk about overhauling college admissions. Will there be action?

The Hechinger Report

I asked Jeff Selingo, a longtime higher education writer who spent months inside college admissions at three different colleges for his upcoming book “Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions.”. There are no rules, really,” Selingo said. It won’t be anytime soon, he said.

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Testing abuses, legacy preferences and bad parent behavior all influence who gets into college: What must change?

The Hechinger Report

Some of them began their inquiries by questioning the achievements of a student they knew was admitted rather than advocating for their own child, Furda told journalist Jeff Selingo. Meanwhile higher education is facing a far more meaningful supply and demand crisis.

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“Where student loan debt is a real problem,” according to Jeff Selingo. But it doesn’t pay its writers which sucks. .” The company: the Student Loan Assistance Center. “The looming student loan default crisis is worse than we thought,” says Brookings.