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Claremont McKenna Not Alone in Admissions Mischief

 The news that Claremont McKenna College submitted false SAT scores for incoming freshmen to U.S. News & World Report (and other outlets, including the Department of Education) is causing a ripple of shock throughout higher education.

 (Bloomberg/SFChronicle via University Business)

Liberal arts education lends an edge in down economy

 Grads who scored highest in reasoning and writing, skills associated with a liberal arts education, were more likely to be better off.

Changes ahead for foreign exchange students

 The U.S. State Department is proposing what it calls "significant and controversial" changes to a foreign exchange program that has been exploited by unscrupulous labor brokers and organized criminals in the sex industry.

When college applicants plagiarize, Turnitin can spot them

 The detection of such wholesale cheating in college applications is on the rise due to the use of Turnitin for Admissions, an anti-plagiarism database service that compares student essays to an immense archive of other writings. Around the country, more than 100 colleges and universities have adopted it, mainly in graduate divisions, although Stanford University is among the dozen schools starting to use it for freshman applicants this year. 

Business-Plan Contests Take a Practical Turn

 Less planning, more legwork. That's the formula some business schools are using to overhaul the competitions they conduct each year to test their students' mettle as entrepreneurs. 

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Claremont McKenna Not Alone in Admissions Mischief The news that Claremont McKenna College submitted false SAT scores for incoming freshmen to U.S. News & World Report (and other outlets, including the Department of Education) is causing a ripple of shock throughout higher education. (Bloomberg/SFChronicle via University Business) Liberal arts education lends an edge in down economy Grads…

Notes in the Margins: Turnitin, exchange students and the liberal arts edge

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