High schools

College and state leaders gather to discuss better aligning K-12 and postsecondary ed, a problem some see as intractable.

Amid some doubts about the program, 2 analyses in Texas find significant college gains linked to the advanced courses in high school.

Number of test takers and high scorers rise, though gaps in performance among racial groups still vexing.

Settlement forces 27 university programs for prospective journalism students to open admission to white applicants.

New novel satirizes the college admissions crunch.

Colleges have long relied on their students to serve as campus tour guides -- not only showing people around, but recruiting the next cohort of students. A new program at the University of Virginia adopts the same model: New graduates are being sent into low-income high schools across the state to work for a year helping talented students apply for college. The recent graduates explain to students why they should consider college -- and show them how to apply to the best possible college and how to seek aid.

Minority women pursuing their Ph.D.'s mentor one another and young girls to keep the pipeline open at all levels.

House committee sends scholarship legislation to the floor with few major changes.

Researchers who conduct annual survey of freshmen offer a look at long-term trends.

What college professors want from their incoming students isn't what they're getting, according to a survey of educators.