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Public Health at UNC: Deep Dive

The Koppelman Group

Originally an offshoot of the medical school, the school of public health has since come to comprise seven departments and one program Biostatistics, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Epidemiology, Health Behavior, Health Policy and Management, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, and Public Health Leadership and Practice.

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How Will the Harvard Lawsuit Affect Affirmative Action in College Admissions?

Spark Admissions

Although the term comes up most often these days in the context of college admissions in the United States, affirmative action has been around since the 1960s and has affected a wide range of laws and policies. Indeed, in its origins, it was most closely linked to employment, rather than education.

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UC Admissions Trends

Top Tier Admissions

Due to major state funding cuts, a number of UC campuses began enrolling more nonresident students after the 2008 recession, but a public backlash from tax-paying Californians who support the system has led to a course correction and rededication to providing greater access to California students.

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Will Legacy Admissions End Along With Affirmative Action?

BestColleges

This time, the suit involves legacy admissions , the university's policy of favoring children of alumni. In fact, one study found "no statistically significant evidence of a casual relationship between legacy preference policies and total alumni giving among top universities" after evaluating data between 1998 and 2008.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

EAB

Some states, like Washington, California, and Illinois, have implemented policies that require public colleges to assist students with access to basic needs. Now is the time to proactively plan for what this change in policy could mean for your institution. This could be a trend that continues in other states.

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Research Underway by Gates Foundation Partners to Better Understand Test-Optional Admission

Admitted

iStock NACAC, in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and several other organizations, is carefully exploring admission policies and practices in an increasingly test-optional or test-free environment. How were test-optional policies implemented? How do letter characteristics and length vary across race and SES?

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NYU has all new supplemental essay prompt options for 2023-2024

Admissions.Blog

Taylor Swift, Change, Released 2008, 2022 NYU Commencement Speaker Share a short quote and person not on this list, and why the quote inspires you. .” Sanna Marin, Former Prime Minister of Finland, 2023 NYU Commencement Address “It’s hard to fight when the fight ain’t fair.” Not answering this optional question.