As shown in the M-W definition, the meaning (in today's English) has nothing to do with dark colors, let alone with dark-skinned races. â LarsH Nov 20 '14 at 2:48 2
The Coalition Application is a new college application platform currently described by the popular media as a direct competitor to the Common Application.
Blankson said that 32 percent of the 860,000 applicants who used the Common Application last year were first-generation students. Many of these students enroll at colleges that, in part because they serve many disadvantaged students, don't have the graduation rates to be eligible for the coalition.