POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
Yale admits 3.7 percent of applicants, lowest acceptance rate ever

Of the 57,465 students who applied to join the Yale College class of 2028, 2,146 were offered admission, with an additional 773 offered a spot on the waitlist.

Despite FAFSA delays, financial aid office promises no changes to timeline

Due to delays in the FAFSA rollout, Yale will not have access to information about students’ Pell Grant eligibility when assembling their initial financial aid packages. However, the financial aid office it will still be able to inform families about their expected contribution as planned.

‘A never say die attitude’: Salovey’s message for Yale ahead of matchup with No. 4 Auburn

Salovey, a longtime supporter of the team, will be following the game from Hong Kong.

Salovey to visit Côte d’Ivoire, Hong Kong over spring break

President Salovey will visit Côte d’Ivoire and Hong Kong during the University’s two-week spring break to strengthen Yale’s international relationships.

Beinecke exhibit reflects on Samuel F. B. Morse’s legacy, Yale and slavery 

The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library held a drop-in session with archival materials on key documents included in the book “Yale and Slavery: A History” and specific items related to Samuel F. B. Morse this week.

Jonathan Edwards Dean Christina Ferando to step down

Christina Ferando announced she would step down as dean of Jonathan Edwards College after eight years. She will become the Head of Academic Affairs for the Yale Center for British Art next year.

Facilities installs new period product dispensers, access issues persist

Over winter break, Yale’s facilities team began to install menstrual product dispensers in restrooms around campus in response to student activism — despite the progress, many bathrooms remain unstocked.

Former School of Medicine administrator pleads guilty to $3.5 million fraud scheme

Cindy Tappe, former operations director at the Yale School of Medicine, pleaded guilty last week to diverting millions in taxpayer-funded grants meant for educational programs.

Yale to host 100 low-income high schoolers over summer through new partnership with nonprofit

The nonprofit Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America will host a portion of its summer program — which is geared toward high-achieving, low-income students — on Yale’s campus.

Yale pledges $10 million to strengthen partnership with HBCUs, faces NAACP criticism 

The University released a report last month acknowledging and apologizing for its ties to slavery, coupled with a set of proposed actions; the Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP, however, criticized Yale’s initiative as well as the book published alongside the apology.

Students share mixed reactions to Yale’s new ‘test-flexible’ policy

Last month, Yale College announced that it would resume requiring test scores for applicants to the class of 2029. While some students said they agreed with the importance of scores as standardizing metrics and praised Yale’s messaging on the policy, several expressed concern about international students’ access to exams.