Eric Hoover
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Washington, DC, United States
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Why One Admissions Official Sees Promise in a New Way of Admitting Students
How much information does a college really need to make an admission offer to a student? → Read More
Congrats! You Didn’t Apply, but We Admitted You Anyway.
New experiments are short-circuiting the admissions process. Here’s why they matter. → Read More
Most Colleges Omit or Understate Net Costs in Financial-Aid Offers, Federal Watchdog Finds
The Government Accountability Office analyzed a slew of offers. Its findings aren’t pretty. → Read More
A New Push to Make Financial-Aid Offers More Transparent
Ten higher-education associations are announcing on Tuesday the formation of a task force that aims to enhance the “clarity, accuracy, and consistency” of student-aid offers. → Read More
7 Key Moments From the Supreme Court Hearings on Race-Conscious Admissions
The conservative justices seemed skeptical of the colleges’ longstanding practice. The more liberal minority wondered if a race-neutral strategy would exacerbate the very problem it was claiming to fix. → Read More
As Race-Conscious Admissions Policies Go Before the Supreme Court, Here’s What 6 Experts Are Listening For
The Chronicle asked legal and higher-education experts to share one key thing they will be watching for during Monday’s arguments. This is what they said. → Read More
‘Everybody Hates Them’: Why One Researcher Says Legacy Preferences in Admissions Must End Soon
They might seem as permanent as any monument. But as recent history reminds us, sometimes monuments must fall. → Read More
When Considering the Fairness of Race-Conscious Admissions, Don’t Forget to Get Over Yourself
We’re obsessed with individual achievement. It’s a narrow way of understanding admissions, says Natasha K. Warikoo in her new book. → Read More
The ‘Student List’ Business Is Changing. Will That Make Student Recruitment Less Equitable?
The big, unregulated industry that helps colleges generate “leads” “is undergoing a radical transformation that threatens to cause a college-access crisis,” a new report says. → Read More
Affirmative Action’s Big Win Always Had an Asterisk
A landmark decision in 2003 posed questions about fairness that remain unresolved. → Read More
Into the Unknown: One Undocumented Student’s Anxious Search for a College
A promising student saw no path to a four-year college. Then she met a helpful stranger. → Read More
Finding Safety: The Path 2 LGBTQ Students Took to College
Such applicants have many of the typical concerns in choosing a college, like affordability, location, and size. But they also pay close attention to questions such as how inclusive is it, really? → Read More
He Wanted to Go Away to College. The Pull to Stay at Home Was Strong.
The prospect of living on campus felt both exciting and frightening. It also seemed like a long shot. → Read More
A Rural Student Sought a Faraway College. Then Came a Frustrating Setback.
She won two big scholarships that promised to further her dreams. Then they were yanked away. → Read More
Financial-Aid Offices Are Short-Staffed — and Some Are ‘Drowning’ as a Result
A new survey reveals concerns about how well the overburdened offices can serve their students. → Read More
Accessibility and the Intangibles: How 2 Students With Disabilities Chose a College
This is the second article in a series on college applicants and the circumstances that shaped their choices this spring. → Read More
An Aspiring Doctor Dreamed of Spelman. But Could She Afford to Go?
This promising student had her heart set on one college. To get there, she would have to overcome two wealth gaps that play a large role in higher education. → Read More
Williams College Announces ‘All Grant’ Financial-Aid Policy
One of the nation’s most prominent liberal-arts colleges plans to nix loans from its financial-aid packages. → Read More
‘We’re Running a FAFSA Mill’: A College Adviser Weighs In on a New Requirement
The leader of a group that helps low-income and first-generation students through the admissions and financial-aid process sees unintended consequences in Texas’ requirement. → Read More
The Redemption of Frederick Shegog
What a six-time dropout learned about getting through college. → Read More