Is the Covid generation ready for college?

Test run on more than 300,000 US student applications suggests technology can identify specific personal qualities with little bias

13 October

Ex-Treasury secretary sees alumni preferences as key test for elites, and wishes he had done more to attack the practice while leading university

18 July

Experts raise concern that US applicants will be forced to spin ‘sob stories’ about overcoming discrimination

5 July

Disadvantaged learners could also be offered financial support at school and monetary incentives to stay in higher education, says Jack Price

14 October

With students who entered high school during the pandemic starting to apply for places, admissions officers feel ill equipped to judge their readiness