Monthly Archives: November 2008

Education’s Race to the Bottom (at the Top)

By Ray Watkins | Published: November 28, 2008

Colleges routinely boast about being “need blind” in admissions, meaning that they consider applicants without regard to their ability to pay. But even if they are need blind, and a new survey suggests they are, that may be very different from being an institution that any academically qualified student can actually attend.

That’s because only a small subset of colleges pledges to meet the full need of all students they admit. That means that for most institutions, “gapping” has become the norm. That’s when a college admits a student, tells her that she probably needs $X to afford to enroll, and then provides a package that is less than $X — sometimes considerably so.

Need Blind, but 'Gapping' : Scott Jaschik.
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John Doe, Kathleen Edwards: “We’ll Sweep Out the Ashes”

By Ray Watkins | Published: November 26, 2008
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