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How going back to the SAT could set back college student diversity

  • Written by Joseph Soares, Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University
imageSome colleges say the tests have multiple benefits.Goodboy Picture Company via Getty Images

Earlier this year, a number of colleges announced they were going back to using the SAT and the ACT. Here, Joseph Soares, a professor of sociology, expert on higher education and proponent of test-optional admissions, answers a few questions about the...

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