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Facebook Disables NYU Research Accounts

Facebook claims the researchers’ data collection methods violate its terms of service. The recent action highlights the increasingly fraught relationship between colleges and universities and the big tech companies they research.

Impostor Feelings and ‘Brilliance’ Fields

Women -- especially women of color -- and graduate students and postdocs are more likely to think they don’t belong in fields perceived to value genius over training, study says.

Can 2 Jobs Be Merged Into 1?

Harvard’s Kennedy School plans to combine admissions and financial aid positions and to lay off those who hold the positions today. Some experts are dubious.

The New Common App

It removed some questions and added questions -- and 60 members.

The Week in Admissions News

Republican skepticism on doubling Pell Grants; getting ready for the Delta variant; Pelosi on Biden’s authority to cancel student debt; international education.

‘Get Real and Get In’

Admissions expert discusses her new book, which argues that students need to trust their own instincts.
Opinion

Keep the SAT and ACT

The tests may not be perfect, but they offer admissions officers key information, writes Larry S. Su.

The Complexities of Free College

Scholars argue in a new report that implementing a nationwide free college program is more complicated than it sounds and there are better ways for the government to support low-income students.