Admissions

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.

Meredith Twombly describes how Hampshire College rejected conventional wisdom and reshaped its policies.

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

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

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

New survey shows a partisan divide over higher ed aspirations for children -- that narrows when Republicans and Democrats are given more information. And study finds skepticism of affirmative action.

University of South Carolina is expecting up to 700 more freshmen than projected. The institution has been scrambling this summer to welcome them all, and no acceptances have been revoked.