Admissions

Panel proposes major overhaul: adding social sciences, killing the writing section and opening the way for consideration of personal qualities.

Syracuse U. sees dramatic gains in enrollment of low-income students, but critics worry about a rising admission rate.

Andrew Ferguson’s Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College (Simon & Schuster) shares more with...

Harvard and Princeton both restore "early action" plans -- amid evidence that applicants and institutions alike are more anxious than ever for certainty.

U. of the South cuts tuition by 10%, seeking to reverse both rising discount rate and increased spending on merit aid. Could other private colleges follow?

Program continues to grow – and passing rate continues to fall.

Education deans from top research universities challenge methodology embraced by U.S. News and say that the "implied coercion" to participate raises questions of journalistic ethics.

With vendors buying and selling the words that supposedly got students in, it's time to admit that these words aren't typically decisive, and that may be a good thing, writes Scott Anderson.