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FAFSA Delays Upended Private College Enrollment

The botched rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid led to major changes in the size and...
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Opinion

A Trans Admission Advantage?

Jim Jump breaks down Vice President–elect JD Vance’s suggestion that students may “become” trans to get into Harvard.

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How the End of Affirmative Action Is Affecting Indigenous Students

Native American student enrollments had already been falling for at least a decade. Last year’s Supreme Court ruling may be making matters worse.

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Can Utah’s Enrollment Boom Stave Off Budget Cuts?

Enrollment jumped by historic margins at Utah’s public universities this fall. State lawmakers, anticipating future declines, want to cut spending anyway.

A Record-Setting Year for Tennessee Promise

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission announced Monday that the Tennessee Promise program saw a record number of applicants—more than 67,000—from...
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Republicans Could Abolish the Education Department. How Might That Work?

Trump and his allies want to dismantle the 45-year-old agency. But doing so would be more complicated than they say.

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Is the ‘College for All’ Movement Ending?

Ben Wildavsky and Richard Whitmire write that something ominous may be behind declines in freshman enrollments.

Law School Application Surge Projected

Law school applications are on track to increase this year, according to early predictive data from the Law School Admissions...