Company Plans to Challenge Dominance of Common Application

Autor/in	Farrell, Elizabeth F.
Titel	Company Plans to Challenge Dominance of Common Application
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 53 (2007) 44, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	College Admission; College Applicants; School Business Relationship; Minority Groups; Low Income Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; College applications; Studienbewerber; Ethnische Minderheit
Abstract	Last week ApplicationsOnline LLC, in Baltimore, unveiled its Universal College Application, which has already won a baker's dozen of clients dissatisfied with the Common Application, including Duke and Harvard Universities. Although some of the 13 institutions plan to use ApplicationsOnline's service in addition to the Common Application, the newcomer could challenge its rival's dominance of the market. The popularity of the Common Application is based on its consistent format: Students fill out one application and send it to all of the participating colleges they choose. Many colleges also require supplemental information, such as additional essays. ApplicationsOnline's product, the Universal College Application, provides the same consistency but promises to give colleges greater access to high-achieving low-income and minority students. The for-profit company plans to meet that goal by having standards for membership that are less stringent than those of the Common Application. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10