College admissions is undergoing seismic shifts as ETS acquires ACT, standardized testing faces consolidation, and policy changes around affirmative action and immigration reshape access. Class privilege and wealth increasingly determine outcomes despite reform efforts.
·ETS acquires ACT, consolidating major standardized testing providers and signaling potential structural changes to college admissions testing
·Affirmative action outcomes reveal that wealth and privilege remain dominant factors in admissions despite legal restrictions on race-based decisions
·Florida votes to ban illegal immigrants from public college admissions as states tighten enrollment policies
·Gaokao results spark wave of college admissions scams in China as pressure intensifies around test outcomes
·College business model faces structural crisis threatening institutional viability and affordability
drawn from Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, U.S. News & World Report, Fox News, CounterPunch.org · updated 6h ago