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Admissions Archive
The High Cost of Winning
by Paul Steiger '64
September/October 2003
A new study charges that the Ivies are corrupting their mission by aggressively
recruiting athletes. The data are compelling enough to shake the faith of
even a diehard sports fan.
Degree
of Commitment
by Mark Alden Branch
March 2002
You'll rarely find these undergraduates in common rooms or dining halls,
but the handful of "degree special students" admitted to Yale each
year bring fresh perspectives on life into the classroom.
Deciphering the Admissions
Map
by Mark Alden Branch
November 2000
As financial packages become more varied and as marketing techniques get
more sophisticated, Yale's admissions officers are having to work harder
to recruit the best candidates.
The Selectivity Squeeze
by Robert Reich '73JD
December 2000
Since his days as Bill Clinton's secretary of labor, the former president's
Law School classmate has come to believe that higher education's pursuit
of ever-higher admissions standards is making Americans less equal.
The Birth of a New Institution
by Geoffrey Kabaservice
December 1999
How two Yale presidents and their admissions directors tore up the "old
blueprint" to create a modern Yale.
Transcript vs. Potential
by Annie Murphy Paul
Summer 1996
The most recent AYA assembly focused on how the admissions process identifies
the sort of applicant who will not only do well at Yale, but go on to be "part
of the solution" in later life.
Two Decades at the Gates
by Annie Murphy Paul
Summer 1996
A veteran of the admissions process argues that while the competition is
tougher and the "packaging" ever more intense, the goal remains
unchanged.
The Changing Face of
Affirmative Action
by Jennifer Kaylin
Summer 1994
Like most American universities, Yale in the 1960s and 70s embarked on an
aggressive policy of affirmative action in admitting and hiring minorities
and women. Many of the goals have been met, but others remain elusive.
Can Need-Blind Survive?
by Marc Wortman
October 1993
Since the 1960s, Yale College has admitted students exclusively on the strength
of their achievements, and without considering their ability to pay. Economic
pressures have already forced several sister institutions to abandon "need-blind" admissions,
and Yale is looking closely at ways to avoid a similar fate.
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