Colleges and universities won't necessarily become more diverse just because the SAT has become optional. Astudy of 180 liberal arts collegesfound that test-optional policies did not increase the numbers oflow-incomeand minority students, for example. Increasing diversity in college requires being int...
PresidentBarack Obamaand lawmakers failed to agree on a plan to reduce the nation's deficit that would have avoided the automatic spending cuts, the so-called sequester, which began to roll out this month. Included in the cuts are 5 percent of the money for programs that fund education resea...