Admissions

As more students ask about deferring admission, admissions officers try to determine what it might mean for their institutions -- and for students.

John L. Mahoney thinks of the high school students who inspired him after Sept. 11 and urges us to think of them today.

Colleges cannot resort to business as usual during this crisis, writes Nick Ducoff, who describes six practices they should instead consider.

Survey figures are for four-year public colleges and don't consider international students. Minority students are at greater risk. Plus, details on numerous other studies.

With hundreds of colleges extending their deposit deadlines due to the pandemic, May 1 means less than ever this year.

Colleges have released a flurry of statements saying that they will reopen campuses in the fall. Will that plan bear out?

Projection comes from the latest survey of college students and would-be college students and does not consider community colleges or foreign students. Figures are particularly bleak for minority students.