Trump Enacts Research and Admissions Reforms
On August 7, 2025, President Donald Trump took two different actions to short circuit legal roadblocks in his…
College Admissions
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Cornell to Require Standardized Tests Starting in Fall 2026
Cornell joins other peer schools that decided to return to requiring standardized testing, including MIT, Yale, Dartmouth, and Brown. Columbia and Stanford have decided to remain test optional for now.
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WHALEN | Cornell’s Promise: Any (legacy) student, any study
With affirmative action declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, it’s time for conservatives to spearhead the case against legacy admissions.
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Who decides admissions policy at Cornell?
The Supreme Court has ended affirmative action, but who at Cornell will ensure that the university will follow the Court’s guidance?
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RESCHINI | Any person, any study, any skin color
Aftermath of affirmative action: the system breaks down without the promise that, no matter who you are or where you’re from, you can ‘make it’ in this country.
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EDITORIAL | Affirmative action is gone, Cornell should take the lead
Racial discrimination in college admissions has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Now is the time for unity and levelheaded conversation about the best way forward for Cornell.
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VA Magnet School, Pipeline to Cornell, Has a New Admissions Policy
Cornell relied upon TJ’s highly selective admissions policy to vet students for freshman admissions.
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MIT Debate on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Impacts Cornell
On April 4, the MIT Free Speech Alliance and the MIT Adam Smith Society held a much publicized, Oxford Union-style debate on the MIT campus to consider “Should Academic DEI Programs Be Abolished?” The in-person debate was also live-streamed and promoted by the Cornell Free Speech Alliance (CFSA), one of 15 co-sponsors.
