POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
HAILEY TALBERT
Yale admits 4.59 percent of applicants, marking slight uptick in acceptance rate

Yale College admitted 2,308 applications from a pool of 50,227 to the class of 2029. An additional 943 were offered a spot on the waitlist.

March 27, 2025

YOLANDA WANG
Student activists file complaint alleging Yale’s weapons investments are illegal

The Sumud Coalition asked the Connecticut attorney general to investigate Yale’s investments in military weapons manufacturers. The AG’s office has said that it will not use its authority to “control” Yale’s financial decisions.

March 27, 2025

NORA MOSES
Yale to offer legal guidance to students at risk, will not voluntarily share student information with ICE

Amid the deportation of pro-Palestinian student activists, Yale administrators assert that they will offer assistance to students at risk and not voluntarily provide information to government agents.

March 27, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
YCC pushes for MENA Cultural Center

Proposal by Davenport Senator Joseph Elsayyid calls for a dedicated cultural house, citing ongoing challenges in community-building and institutional permanence.

March 26, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE & JERRY GAO
Education Department launches investigation into Yale’s partnership with diversity program

The announcement cites Yale’s partnership with The PhD Project — an organization which aims to bolster diversity amongst business school faculty — as a potential violation of the Feb. 14 “Dear Colleague” letter which ordered schools to end race-conscious programs.

March 16, 2025

NORA MOSES & CHRIS TILLEN
Trump threatens to jail or deport students, freeze funding for universities for “illegal protests”

In a message on Truth Social, the president asserted that all federal funding would stop for any University that allows “illegal” protests.

March 5, 2025

NORA MOSES
Yale Hospitality firm on decision to remove takeout boxes, despite months of student advocacy

In spite of negative student feedback and several advocacy pushes by the Yale College Council, Hospitality persists in its decision to remove to-go boxes and disposable cups, but points to alternatives such as Smart Meals.

March 4, 2025

JERRY GAO & HAILEY TALBERT
College cost rises to $90,550, marking a decade of yearly near-4 percent increases

The 2025-26 term bill, consisting of $69,900 in tuition and $20,650 in housing and meal fees, is 3.9 percent higher than the current term bill.

February 26, 2025

KARLA CORTES & NORA MOSES
Trump’s anti-DEI order won’t affect cultural centers, Dean Lewis says

Yale’s race-conscious practices remain safe despite the Department of Education’s letter, Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis said, but race-based groups still express concerns.

February 20, 2025

FABEHA JAHRA
“We need the whole Yale community”: Yale falls short of its recycling goals

While Yale’s recycling infrastructure advances, students and staff call for greater participation and education to combat contamination.

February 20, 2025

JAEHA JANG & ORION KIM
International students navigate growing competition in Yale admissions

As international demand for Ivy League admissions increased over the decades, schools across the world adapted to the new landscape.

February 20, 2025