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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Segal Visitors Center. The Common Application will no longer ask applicants for their disciplinary history beginning in the 2021 application season.

University President Morton Schapiro, Provost Holloway say it’s unlikely Northwestern will phase out legacy admissions

February 12, 2020

One year after the college admissions scandal underscored inequities within higher education, University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Jonathan Holloway discussed Northwestern’s use of legacy...

Gutierrez: Legacy students are hurting the rest of us

Gutierrez: Legacy students are hurting the rest of us

October 17, 2019

Agatha Advincula, a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, recently wrote an opinion piece for The Daily Pennsylvanian about her experience as a legacy student. Advincula explained that she was initially...

Northwestern’s sponsored research funding increase in the past decade can be attributed to the school’s “culture of excellence” and a decision to invest in research infrastructure during the Great Recession.

Growth in sponsored research driven by increase in federal grants

November 14, 2018

Northwestern continued its trend of sponsored research funding growth last fiscal year after receiving $702.1 million, the highest amount granted to the school ever. Federal government awards grew 12.8...

Bian: The real problem with college admissions isn’t Affirmative Action; it’s legacies

November 12, 2018

When I applied to Northwestern a year ago, I chose not to check the “Asian” box on the Common Application. I definitely wasn’t alone — most of my Asian-American peers and friends chose not to,...

Harvard admissions trial shines spotlight on race-conscious admissions, value of diversity in higher education

Harvard admissions trial shines spotlight on race-conscious admissions, value of diversity in higher education

November 8, 2018

Forty years ago, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke upheld the use of race as a factor in college admissions. And ever since, challenges to the practice have gone unsuccessful, with the court...

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