Harvard Ends Early Admission, Citing Barrier to Disadvantaged
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/12/education/12harvard.html?ex=1315713600&en=4e2c1eb79b9e157f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
This is going to throw a wrench into Penn's US News ranking if they are pressured to follow.
NPR also had a feature about this on today's (9/12/06) Morning Edition. The story also talked about "Enrollment managers"; mathematicians, accountants etc. that are hired by the university to determine the minimum amount of financial aid they need to offer a student yet still get them to enroll in the school.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6059932
Princeton's the next to drop in step.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060918/ap_on_re_us/early_admissions_princeton
i'll be surprised if cornell follows suit in eliminating early admissions. the graphics inside this nytimes article is pretty telling:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/17/weekinreview/17leonhardt.html?ref=weekinreview
(full disclosure: i was a regular admit)
[Q]WHEN Harvard was founded in 1636, there were no other colleges in the American colonies, and it would become the model for many of those that followed.[/Q]
Yes, like when Harvard was the first Ivy to go co-ed, and the others followed suit. Oh, wait... ::nut::