Admissions

Common Application releases two reports on the differences within racial categories.

But experts say the IITs will have to change their difficult admissions tests.

U.S. research universities have seen a drop in citation impact and academic reputation as institutions in East Asia and the Middle East have been gaining ground, Phil Baty writes.

Colleges’ digital outreach to prospective students via social media, text messages and email has proven effective, a new report says. But many admissions professionals struggle to extract stories from imperfect data.

Catharine B. Hill writes that there’s a better way to make access to the largest subsidies at the more selective institutions available to talented students from all backgrounds.

He says many applicants were not really interested in his college. The statistic that matters much more is yield, he says.