A new group of colleges was added to the list of unranked schools for America's Best Colleges 2008. more >>

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On Tuesday, I met with Michael Ruffner, a spokesman for Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, which is ranked in the Third Tier of National Universities in the 2007 edition of the America's Best Colleges. Ruffner and I discussed his belief that that some public universities don't fare as well in the rankings because they are Land Grant Colleges or Sea Grant Colleges, which means that they have to be more open in their admission policies since that is their mission. more >>

US News reports: Many colleges are rejecting women at higher rates than men. more >>

The schools that aren't cutting their early admissions programs may have seen a decline in applicants--but Harvard and Princeton, which won't be accepting anyone early after this year, have seen the opposite pattern. Yale's dean of admissions told the Yale Daily News the schools might be benefiting from the publicity surrounding their announcements. more >>

Eight seniors are now among those who get to vet potential Brandeis students, the Justice reports. The students, hired in the spring, each conduct up to four interviews a week for the admissions office. more >>

After several schools dropped early admissions this year, some that stuck with the option are getting fewer applicants. Yale and Brown both report receiving fewer early applications to the class of 2011, with Yale posting a 13 percent decrease from last year and Brown 2. more >>