Kaplan, Inc. announced last week that it will suspend new enrollment at two of its Kaplan College campuses, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Friday. A Congressional hearing last week detailing recruiting abuses that were uncovered by government investigators prompted Kaplan, which runs online and campus-based degree programs, to halt enrollment of new students at its Pembroke Pines, Fla., and Riverside, Calif., campuses. Federal investigators disguised as applicants found that admissions officers at the Florida campus misrepresented the college's accreditation status, while other officials unfairly helped the fake applicants properly answer questions on the college's admissions test, according to The Chronicle.
Dartmouth chemistry department chair and professor Peter Jacobi was named a 2010 fellow of the American Chemical Society on Aug. 2, according to the ACS website. Fellows are selected based on their contributions to science and society, according to the website. Jacobi, whose research topics include natural products chemistry, organic synthesis and heterocyclic chemistry, also teaches organic chemistry at the College, according to a College press release. Jacobi also leads the Jacobi Research Group, which allows undergraduate and graduate students from around the world to collaborate on organic chemistry research, according to the press release. Jacobi has been a member of the ACS for 40 years and is one of 192 individuals selected for the title this year, the release said. The 2010 fellows will be recognized formally at the ACS fall national meeting in Boston later this month, according to the organization's website.
Under a new program that allows rejected applicants to appeal their admissions decision, the University of Illinois reversed 13 rejections out of 157 requests for this fall's incoming class, the Chicago Tribune reported on Aug. 8. Previously, only a small group of applicants such as those with powerful political connections were allowed to appeal admissions decisions under a special program that was unavailable to most applicants, the Tribune reported. Following an investigation of the special program published in the Tribune, the University changed its policy this year to extend the appeal process to all rejected applicants. Although all rejected applicants were eligible to appeal the University's decision, only a small percentage of the 10,000 rejected applicants chose to do so. In order to appeal under the new system, rejected applicants were asked to provide admissions officers with "new and compelling information" that was not included in their original applications, according to the Tribune.
