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February 22nd, 2010 11:12 am by Kevin Robillard

Morning Round-up: It’s harder to get in these days edition

Students are applying to colleges in record numbers this year (this university’s application numbers fell slightly, but were still the 3rd highest ever), and yet schools aren’t opening that many more spots. As your ECON200 professor would note, this is an increase in demand without a corresponding increase in supply.

So kids these days are going to ever-crazier lengths to get into the school of their choice. Applicants to Tufts University in Medford, Mass. were invited to submit application videos – and the school posted all of them on YouTube. And you thought writing two essays instead of one was difficult. The Boston Globe’s Tracy Jan reports members of the campus community there have picked out their favorite students from among the bunch and are lobbying for their admission.

Quick Hits

  • At the University of California, San Diego, the racism (and stupidity) have gone into overdrive, prompting minority students to issue a list of demands to the college administration, many of which were accepted on the spot, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
  • The former dean of the University of Maryland’s law school* received $410,000 in “questionable compensation, according to a recent legislative audit.
  • The state could soon ban twittering – and basically all other forms of electronic communication – from courthouses, according to The Baltimore Sun.
  • Wish you had gone to school in Baltimore? Well, about three-quarters of the students who go there enjoy it, according to a new poll commissioned by a network of 15 colleges in the area. On the other hand, you might have to live in Murder Heights, The Onion reports.

    • *This post originally incorrectly stated it was the dean of the University of Baltimore’s law school who received questionable payments.

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    2 Responses to “Morning Round-up: It’s harder to get in these days edition”

    1. Chris Hart says:
      February 22, 2010 at 2:15 pm

      Just a heads-up – that audit is about the dean of the University of Maryland School of Law, not UB.

    2. chris hart - StartTags.com says:
      March 2, 2010 at 1:29 am

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