POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
ADAM WALKER
Yale Health announces new location for COVID-19 vaccine clinic

On Jan. 27, Yale Health’s Interim Director Nanci Fortgang announced that the Yale COVID-19 vaccine clinic will relocate to 55 Lock Street.

February 12, 2023

NATHANIEL ROSENBERG & WILLIAM PORAYOUW
“An imbalance of power”: Students criticize YPD for limited reforms

As YPD implements a new differential response model to emergency calls, student activists have continued to push for abolition.

February 10, 2023

SARAH COOK
Students raise concerns about off-campus living cost amid Yale College housing shortage

Even as a new streamlined housing process takes effect this spring, students remain concerned about being pushed off campus and the costs it may bring, leading one Yale College Council Senator to propose a policy which would prioritize FGLI students in the housing process.

February 10, 2023

WILLIAM PORAYOUW
Faculty vie for larger role in University governance

Faculty are pushing for the establishment of a Yale chapter of the American Association of University Professors in order to push faculty influence on administrative decisions.

February 10, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Yale to announce long-term testing policy this spring

After adopting one-year test-optional models for the past three application cycles, Yale’s undergraduate admissions office plans to announce its long-term testing policy this spring.

February 8, 2023

WILLIAM PORAYOUW
Faculty pressure administrators for higher salaries

A sealed report and December meeting detail the faculty conversation over salary ranges and data transparency with the University administration.

February 8, 2023

WILLIAM PORAYOUW & MOLLY REINMANN
“Room to grow”: African studies program at a crossroads

Five years after faculty criticized a lack of institutional support for the program, African Studies has strengthened in size — but some say that more attention to the program is needed.

February 8, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH
In trend reversal, Yale now rejects more early applicants than it defers

In response to record-breaking numbers of students seeking undergraduate admission to Yale — as well as feedback from high school counselors — Yale is moving to reject more early action applicants than it defers.

February 7, 2023

MEGAN VAZ
Ten months in, what progress has been made on the historic city-university deal?

While Yale and New Haven leaders have shared developments in yearly voluntary payments and the Center for Inclusive Growth, the state of the High Street redesign plan and initiatives beyond the deal’s six-year lifespan remain up in the air.

February 7, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH & ÁNGELA PÉREZ
ANALYSIS: The legacy of affirmative action

Data from a National Bureau of Economic Research paper confirm theories that maintaining legacy preference in admissions processes hurts racial diversity, while both legacy preference and race-conscious admissions significantly benefit wealthy applicants over their lower-class peers.

February 2, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH
Yale offers flexibility in English proficiency evaluation for international applicants

For international students applying to universities in the United States, navigating various English proficiency tests — and different universities’ requirements — can be stressful. Yale offers a suggested list of potential exam types, but also stresses to its applicants that English proficiency is just one piece of a larger admissions picture.

February 1, 2023