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SUNY Fredonia had been suffering year after year of declines. And while the state's new scholarship may be helping, officials attribute major gains to new policies and new strategies.

Saturday was the first August administration of the SAT, but testing centers were closed in much of Texas.

New data show -- across national sample -- they are admitted at much higher rates than other applicants. But the vast majority also fit or exceed the academic profile of colleges to which they are admitted.

WPI saw the female share of its incoming class go from 34 percent to 43 percent in a year -- after adjusting aid policy.

Tools that skip most of the questions on aid calculators are gathering support. Have they figured out something that most colleges haven’t?

Elite colleges need to change policies to recruit, admit and graduate talented low-income students, report says. It calls out some by name.