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Tragic Death of an Idealist
An admissions officer was killed on the bus to Humboldt State -- guiding students he recruited from Los Angeles.
Fixing the Common App
Consultant's report blames insufficient testing and a poor plan for frustrating problems experienced in the fall. Analysis also notes concerns about pricing policies that may have left colleges more vulnerable than they might have been.
Shrinking as a Strategy
While dozens of liberal arts colleges are banking on plans to grow, a Vermont institution doesn't think that's realistic, and has developed a path to preserve itself by getting smaller.
Opinion
A Call for President Obama
If the administration wants to help get more low-income students into top colleges, it's time to take on the rankings, writes Catharine Bond Hill.
'Undermatching' Pros and Cons
New study finds both positive and negative results of attending a less competitive college than where one might have enrolled.
Inflation Plus Whatever
Middlebury College gives itself a loophole in its plan linking tuition, room and board to inflation.
You're Admitted... Not
As more colleges send emails telling rejected applicants they have been admitted, some admissions officers share what they learned from their mistakes.
Opinion
Talk About Class
Colleges that want first-generation college students to thrive need to talk -- in supportive ways -- about the realities of social class in America and in higher education, write Nicole M. Stephens, MarYam G. Hamedani and Mesmin Destin.