Educators across the U.S. are calling for major changes to the admission process in higher education.

The National Center for Educational Statistics (or NCES) reported that U.S. colleges and universities received more than 9 million applications between 2013 and 2014 and admitted more than 5 million students. But the problem is not in the number of students, a new report says. The report is called "Turning the Tide -- Making Caring Common."

The report argues that the process schools use to choose students causes major problems. David Hawkins is the Executive Director for Educational Content and Policy. He says that most colleges and universities require many things from students when they apply.

Schools usually require an essay describing a student's interests or why they want to study at that school. The schools also ask for letters from teachers describing why a student is a good candidate. But, Hawkins says, schools are most concerned with a student's high school grades and standardized test results.

The Education Conservancy is an organization that fights to make higher education equal and available. Lloyd Thacker is the Executive Director of the Education Conservancy, saying that the college admission process has changed a lot.

"Over the past 30 years, college admissions have become more complex." He says that ranking systems for colleges and universities are a big part of the problem.

U.S. News and World Report is a media company that creates a list of what it calls "America's Best Colleges." The company bases the list on information collected from colleges and universities across the country. This information includes results of standardized tests like the SAT from all of a school's students. Higher average test results help put schools higher on the list.

Thacker claims, "Too many students are learning to do whatever it takes in order to get ahead, even if that means sacrificing their own individuality, their health, their happiness and behavior..."

"The impact on students and on parents is that college is all about where you go. The rank has nothing to do with the quality of education that goes on at the college."

The Harvard report states that the best way to change the admission process is by changing college applications. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is calling for major changes?
2. To what?
3. What is the NCES?
4. What do they report on?
5. What is the problem?
6. What causes major problems?
7. Who is David Hawkins?
8. What do schools require?
9. What are schools most concerned with?
10. What is the education conservancy?
11. Who is Lloyd Thacker?
12. What does he say?
13. Have admissions become more complex?
14. What does he say?
15. What is the U.S. News and World Report
16. What is an example of a standardized test?
17. What does the Harvard report state?
Answer: 1. unknown
2. to the admission process in higher education.
3. The National Center for Educational Statistics (or NCES)
4. reported that U.S. colleges and universities received more than 9 million applications between 2013 and 2014 and admitted more than 5 million students.
5. the problem is not in the number of students
6. The report argues that the process schools use to choose students causes major problems
7. David Hawkins is the Executive Director for Educational Content and Policy.
8. require an essay describing a student's interests or why they want to study at that school.
9. schools are most concerned with a student's high school grades and standardized test results.
10. The Education Conservancy is an organization that fights to make higher education equal and available
11. Executive Director of the Education
12. saying that the college admission process has changed a lot.
13. Yes, over the past 30 years, college admissions have become more complex
14. He says that ranking systems for colleges and universities are a big part of the problem.
15. U.S. News and World Report is a media company that creates a list of what it calls "America's Best Colleges.
16. SAT
17. The Harvard report states that the best way to change the admission process is by changing college applications.

question: (CNN) -- Robert Zimmerman Jr., the brother of the man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, apologized for his controversial and offensive tweets.

In one, Zimmerman juxtaposed a photograph of Martin with one of 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins, one of two teenagers charged with killing a baby in Georgia.

Both Elkins and Martin appear to be flipping off the camera.

"A picture speaks a thousand words. Any questions?" the tweet reads.

In another tweet, Zimmerman writes: "Lib media shld ask if what these2 black teens did 2 a woman&baby is the reason ppl think blacks mightB risky."

Speaking on CNN's Piers Morgan Live on Wednesday night, he apologized for the messages, saying they weren't the "right thing to do."

"I realize those were controversial and offensive and I did publicly apologize for them," he said. "I'm a human being. I'm being upfront about what I did. I made a mistake ... Unfortunately (it) may not have helped George."

5 things to know about the case

His brother, George Zimmerman, has been charged with second-degree murder. Zimmerman acknowledged shooting Martin but said it was in self-defense. Attorneys for Martin's family have accused Zimmerman of racially profiling Martin and shooting him "in cold blood."

Robert Zimmerman Jr. said he was trying to make a larger point in his tweets about the "media and their honesty in portraying the person who encountered my brother February 26, 2012.

Letters to Zimmerman show split opinions

"We've been led to believe that it's a junior-high-school-aged person because of the pictures," he said, referring to Martin.
1. How old was Trayvon Martin?
2. What happened to him?
3. Did he survive?
4. Who apologized for his tweets?
5. Who is he related to?
6. What are Elkins and Martin doing?
7. What is the charge in the case?
8. What shoe did the tweeter appear on?
9. What is George Zimmerman charged with?
10. Did he admit he had done it?
11. Did he say it was self defense?
12. When did the shooting occur?
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answer:
1. 17.
2. He was shot.
3. No.
4. Robert Zimmerman Jr.
5. George Zimmerman.
6. Flipping off the camera.
7. Killing a baby.
8. Piers Morgan Live.
9. Second-degree murder.
10. Yes.
11. Yes.
12. 2012.