Higher learning's higher competition
by Liz Bowie
In college admissions, it is the year of unprecedented uncertainty. Admissions deans such as John Latting at the Johns Hopkins University walked a tightrope as they tried to estimate how many students to accept to fill their freshman classes. A bump in the population - a so-called baby boomlet - means that a record number of high school seniors are applying to college this year.
The Baltimore Sun, 4/11/2008