Gaming the college admissions game

Apr. 09, 2018

Admissions office at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo credit: E. Vula.

From this Episode:

How Facebook was able to amass so much power

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg will face tough questions on Capitol Hill this week. We look at how Facebook has grown since it was founded in 2004, and what it might...

9 min

The comeback of Volkswagen

For the last few years, almost every time you heard the name Volkswagen, it was followed by the words “emissions” and “scandal.” The company was caught installing software...

14 min

Are college admissions only for privileged students?

Now’s the time high school seniors are finding out which colleges have accepted -- or rejected -- them.

9 min

Are signatures obsolete?

Later this month, four of the largest credit card companies -- American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa — will stop requiring signatures to complete card...

7 min

Justice Department might join an affirmative action lawsuit against Harvard

A nonprofit student group has sued Harvard, arguing it discriminates against Asian-Americans in its admissions process. A trial date hasn’t been set.

9 min

Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Gina Pollack, Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Quinn O'Toole, Yael Even Or