Admissions

Jim Jump asks, what does it really mean to be a need-blind college?

Some colleges reject the idea, but most appear to be allowing students to visit—with certain precautions.

University starts unusual program for students who may not be sure about going to college.

New reports from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center and some states show an “unprecedented” decline in college enrollment among high school graduates—especially the most underserved.

Jim Jump has some worries about ethics as he surveys the admissions landscape.

A new study shows that income inequality contributes to rising net tuition prices because colleges and universities are incentivized to offer discounts to high-performing, low-income students.

New analysis finds that research by Black, Latinx and Asian scientists is often clustered in certain fields and underrepresented in terms of citation counts. This lack of diversity hurts everyone, the authors say.