Admissions

Tying tuition to public universities' prices can be a lower-risk way for private universities to compete on price. The strategy is gaining attention this year, but it turns out it has a track record.

Study suggests that those who are "racially apolitical" are more likely than others to receive attention from admissions officers.

Update: State agency reverses decision to suspend out-of-state colleges’ ability to award education aid to veterans.

First-of-its-kind survey of China scholars seeks to quantify just how frequently they encounter repressive actions by the Chinese state intended to stop or circumscribe their research. A majority say self-censorship is a problem.

A lawsuit joined by the U.S. Justice Department distorts the way admissions works, writes Julie J. Park.

U.S. formally joins litigation that says university discriminates against Asian American applicants, raising the stakes in an already contentious legal battle.

Could this be a small step toward curbing hysteria and hype in the admissions process?