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COMMENTARY: Let's value grit over grades

A review of all the data tells us that no admissions ... true grit, providing quality counseling everywhere it's needed without worsening what is already an overly therapeutic culture. Meanwhile, let' ... read more

Ivy League mania warps students and colleges alike

Our understanding of what achievement looks like will have to expand. Read more: Mitch Daniels: For college admissions, let’s value grit over GPAs Dalton Conley: Enough fretting over college admission... read more

I’m for Affirmative Action. Can You Change My Mind?

Affirmative action for minorities in college admissions is ... it may be “more about grit than GPAs.” But judgment about moral and emotional qualities can be highly subjective, and there’s no reason t... read more

Mitch Daniels: In an era of grade inflation and lawnmower parents, colleges struggle with admission issues

A review of all the data tells us that no admissions ... grit, providing quality counseling everywhere it’s needed without worsening what is already an overly therapeutic culture. Meanwhile, let’s hop... read more

EDITORIAL BOARD: Poor rhetoric devalues President Daniels' op on 'grit'

A recent column written by Purdue President Mitch Daniels touts the value of GPAs when used hand-in-hand with ACT and SAT scores to determine the “grit” of college ... Undertaking a topic as nuanced a... read more

What We’re Missing In Measuring Who’s Ready For College

2 Not so fast, says William Hiss, a former admissions dean at Bates College ... as lacking the qualities to perform well in college when in fact they can graduate with solid GPAs. The debate over how ... read more

Recruitment Changes Needed to Expand Access to Higher Ed

It is fair to say that admissions policies in higher-ranking universities and colleges ... of the value of diversity and social altruism – one long held by universities that have historically served t... read more

Politics, practicality, price: Across Florida, rural students put off by perceived weaknesses of higher education

In rural enclaves, practical-minded students are losing faith in the value of college ... “What’s the GPA that you need to get in?” a girl in a purple shirt asked meekly of a University of Florida adm... read more

Yes, IQ Really Matters

The College Board—the standardized testing behemoth ... her better-off peers. The sort of admissions approach that Botstein advocates—adjusting high school GPA “to account for the curriculum and acade... read more

What Straight-A Students Get Wrong

My mind started cycling through a list of events that could make a college ... let students wait until the end of the semester to declare a class pass-fail, instead of forcing them to decide in the fi... read more

Mitch Daniels: Let's value grit over grades

A review of all the data tells us that no admissions ... grit, providing quality counseling everywhere it’s needed without worsening what is already an overly therapeutic culture. Meanwhile, let’s hop... read more