education

    • Miss USA ‘not sure’ she would compete in Trump-owned pageant
      Rebecca Corey

      Miss USA ‘not sure’ she would compete in Trump-owned pageant

      Newly crowned Miss USA Cheslie Kryst had a quick answer when asked if she would have competed in the pageant under President Trump’s ownership: “I’m not sure.”

    • SAT 'adversity score': Is it necessary?
      Mike Bebernes

      SAT 'adversity score': Is it necessary?

      About 2 million aspiring college students take the SAT every year, and soon their results will include more than whether they correctly answered the test questions. The College Board, which runs the SAT, announced it will start giving a new metric to colleges that provides context for a student's educational and socioeconomic background. The number — widely being referred to as an "adversity score" — will consider factors about a student's neighborhood and school, such as average income level, crime rate and education level.

    • Admissions scam adds insult to injury for minority applicants
      Kadia Tubman

      Admissions scam adds insult to injury for minority applicants

      In what a federal prosecutor called “the largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice,” dozens of people were charged in a bribery scheme to cheat on SAT and ACT entrance exams and buy admission to elite schools for the children of wealthy parents. Through payments disguised as donations, parents involved in the cheating scandal paid between $250,000 and $400,000 per student to its “mastermind,” William Singer, who then laundered the money through his college counseling service to bribe college officials and coaches.