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News Letter - May 2021

College Board Adjusts Method for Submitting AP Exams.

College Board Adjusts Method for Submitting AP Exams After a week of criticism from test takers, their parents and counselors, the College Board has created a new way to submit answers to Advanced Placement exams. The exams are supposed to be uploaded to the College Board immediately after students finish, but many students said that was impossible an...

Dropping the SAT and ACT -- for Good.

University of California plan could change the role of standardized testing in admissions -- and not just for the UC system.

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2020/05/18/university-california-president-proposes-dropping-satact

University of California president proposes dropping SAT/ACT

Several universities to offer majority of fall semester online.

Several universities to offer majority of fall semester online A number of Canadian universities announced that their classes would be held primarily online in the fall, acknowledging that restrictions required to...

Most California students will not return to campus this fall...

Most California students will not return to campus this fall Most of the more than 770,000 students at California’s two main university systems aren’t likely to return to campus this fall. The California Sta...

CA$9 billion pandemic support package for students unveiled...

CA$9 billion pandemic support package for students unveiled The Canadian government is relaxing the rules governing how many hours and where international students can work, as part of a CA$9 billion (US

Entrance exams for medical and technical degrees rescheduled...

Entrance exams for medical and technical degrees rescheduled India’s Human Resource Development Ministry has announced new dates for the national competitive examinations for admission to undergraduate enginee...

AP Testing to Begin, Amid Controversies.

New, shorter tests will be given at the same time all over the world.

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2020/05/11/ap-tests-begin-amid-controversies

AP tests begin, amid controversies

CBSE new exam dates for Class 10th, 12th released: Exams from July 1-15

https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/cbse-new-exam-dates-for-class-10th-12th-announced-1675720-2020-05-08 #

CBSE new exam dates for Class 10th, 12th released: Exams from July 1-15 CBSE Board exam date news have been announced today by HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal. Accoring to the Minister, the CBSE board exams for Class 10, 12 will begin from July 1-15. Now, students are only waiting for cbse remaining papers 2020 datesheet.

A College Dream Deferred?

As more students ask about deferring admission, admissions officers try to determine what it might mean for their institutions -- and for students.

Read more at:
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2020/05/04/colleges-field-more-questions-seniors-about-deferring-admission