Admissions

Until now, the university has been unusual among elite colleges in not having graduates meet applicants. Why is it changing now?

For many private colleges, creating first-year class is far from over. Sewanee finds success with its tuition cut.

Whitman promotes its "unpretentious Northwest culture" as reason to enroll. But is advertising that feature a bit ... pretentious?

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights should have pursued its inquiry into alleged bias against female applicants to college, writes Richard Whitmire.

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The rate of increase for international graduate student applications to U.S. institutions (sharply up) stays stable, but last year's gap between China and all other sending countries closes slightly.

"Summer melt" -- referring to those students who commit to enroll at a given college but then don't do so...

Panel proposes major overhaul: adding social sciences, killing the writing section and opening the way for consideration of personal qualities.

Andrew Ferguson’s Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College (Simon & Schuster) shares more with...