Posts Tagged The Common Application

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By Sesali B. • 8 years ago

Two major college applications are giving student applicants more gender options

Beginning this year, the Common Application and the Universal College Application – used by almost 700 schools – are implementing changes to make their applications more gender inclusive.

Beginning this year, the Common Application and the Universal College Application – used by almost 700 schools – are implementing changes to make their applications more gender inclusive.

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By Maya Dusenbery • 11 years ago

Common Application now more accessible for undocumented students—just kidding

Ed. note: This post is by Feministing’s social media intern, Dahlia Grossman-Heinze. You can follow her on Instagram @grossmad and on tumblr.

At this year’s National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education, Daniel Vargas, The Common Application’s Communications Director made an amazing announcement. Starting with this year’s Common Application, a universal college application accepted at more than 400 American colleges and universities, “Undocumented American” would be added as an option to select in the demographics portion of the application, and “Undocumented Status” would be added to The Common Application Inc.’s non-discrimination clause, which legally binds all the member institutions who accept the application.

The only problem? Vargas does not work for The Common Application—he’s an undocumented activist ...

Ed. note: This post is by Feministing’s social media intern, Dahlia Grossman-Heinze. You can follow her on Instagram @grossmad and on tumblr.

At this year’s National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education, Daniel ...