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To Get Diversity, Some Schools May Look to Socioeconomic Class Rather Than Race
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race," Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in a controversial 5-4 decision from its just finished term that struck down the policies school districts in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle were using to create diversity in their classrooms.

By Elizabeth Weiss Green
Congress reconsiders a landmark school reform
The throw-up reports started not long after the law was passed: children getting sick before the test, during the test, even right onto the test. It was just one exceptional response to the passage of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Behind the scenes, teachers, administrators, and state officials often fared worse, working late nights and weekends to create and grade the multiple tests the landmark law required.

On US News.com, Readers Can Find “Do-It-Yourself” Rankings
U.S. News & World Report today enters the final week of soliciting votes for the first-ever Best of College Newspaper Awards. College students and other campus newspaper readers have until next Tuesday to vote online by visiting the Paper Trail blog:

You probably never considered your alma mater as an option for raising capital. Today, schools nationwide offer funding help
If you are a college graduate, chances are your alma mater has called you asking for money. But have you ever called them for money? If not, maybe it's time to turn the tables and learn what the "U" can do for you.

Salisbury University will become the first state school in Maryland not to require standardized test scores for admission, the state's Board of Regents decided last week. "There are issues about the SAT and its fairness--there's certainly a coordination between success on the SAT and family income,"

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Applications Available in September
For the fifth consecutive year, U.S.News & World Report in conjunction with the AXA Foundation announce the offering of the AXA Achievement sm Scholarships. Dedicated to providing resources that help make college possible, AXA Achievement sm will award $670,000 in annual scholarships to students throughout the nation.