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Ambitious project to create public database of wage data and other information about all postsecondary credentials seeks to help students and employers know more about what's expected in academic and job-training programs.

Jim Jump considers the situations where a college counselor’s interests may not entirely overlap with those of students.

Washington University in St. Louis joins movement, a year after Colby and the University of Chicago.

Should college applicants (who can afford it) spend thousands of dollars for coaching on what to write? Are those who take their money just doing a better (and less visible) job than are many parents?

Group says it understands the reactions of those concerned over request for a focus on black students who are not the children of recent immigrants.

Academics need to reach across political and ideological divides to bring their research expertise to bear on the policy issues of the day, writes Linda Stamato.