Clashes of Money and Values: A Survey of Admissions Directors

Admissions counselors like to talk about finding the right "fit" for applicants -- a great match between a student's educational and other goals and an institution's programs. But a new survey of the senior admissions officials at colleges nationwide finds that this "fit" is, from many colleges' point of view, increasingly about money. Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 21, 2011