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College Selectivity and Income

Selectivity matters, but more for some than others.

Online Course Provider Shops More Affordable College Credits

TEL Education partners with institutions to offer high school students a low-cost way to start their college careers. Critics worry about quality and transferability.

ABA Gives Law Schools Go-Ahead to Use GRE

About one-third of law schools already accept it. Will the rest now follow suit?

Ex-Dean at Temple Convicted

A jury took less than an hour to find him guilty in case that embarrassed the university and the rankings industry.

White Privilege

Study documents key ways that white (and sometimes Asian) students have an advantage in admissions over Black and Latinx students.

The Week in Admissions News

More guilt in admissions scandal; M.B.A.s and testing; report on free speech; what to do about student debt.

Coalition Application Didn’t Function on a Key Sunday

The timing was bad for the University of Washington, which had its deadline on Monday—and only uses the Coalition app.

An Admissions Recovery?

Through mid-November, applications are up, the Common Application finds. Of early applicants, there is only a modest increase in submitting test scores.