Dive Brief:

• George Washington University has changed the description of its admissions policy after an interview in which an admissions officer said the school looks at candidates' financial need.
• The school says that the policy itself has not changed, but that it is now being more transparent about it. 
• The website now says that "at the point of finalizing admissions decisions, we must balance a student's financial resources with the university's aid budget."

Dive Insight:

As the article notes, this isn't the first time George Washington has run into trouble with its admissions numbers. About a year ago, the school acknowledged that it had misreported data on the class rank of incoming students for more than a decade.