Eric Hoover writes about the challenges of getting to, and through, college. Follow him on Twitter @erichoov, or email him, at eric.hoover@chronicle.com.
Stories by this Author
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Striking an admission hurdleWhy 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? -
Opening the Gates
Congrats! You Didn’t Apply, but We Admitted You Anyway.
New experiments are short-circuiting the admissions process. Here’s why they matter. -
College Costs
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. -
Admissions
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. -
Race in Admissions
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. -
The Outlook
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. -
Q&A
‘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. -
Admissions
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. -
Student Access
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. -
'A Cautionary Tale'
Affirmative Action’s Big Win Always Had an Asterisk
A landmark decision in 2003 posed questions about fairness that remain unresolved.
