Admissions

How the numbers are interpreted—and by whom, and for what end—will matter a great deal.

By Nichole Margarita Garcia

New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center also highlights completion rates for the last students whose college experience was interrupted by COVID-19.

The enrollment growth has been accompanied by growing pains, leaders say, as they figure out how to house, feed and teach more students.

The number of institutions that give applicants a boost if their parents graduated from the same college or university has...

The change is mission-driven, according to the seminary’s president. It comes as a federal earnings test turns up the heat on theological colleges, which train their students to enter largely low-paying, service-oriented jobs.

Starting next fall, thousands of students at Carleton College, a selective private institution in Minnesota, will no longer be expected...

The authors recommend supporting adult learners with credit-for-prior-learning initiatives, debt forgiveness and flexible scheduling options for courses and campus services. 

A Massachusetts judge issued the injunction hours before the regulation was set to take effect. Institutions worried it would harm international students.