Admissions

Is alternative to the Common Application really as good?

New paper examines why intergenerational immobility resurfaces when looking at advanced degree holders.

Varsity Blues has exposed just how bad it is, writes Ryan Craig.

Harvard faces new questions over its admissions practices.

Chancellors of Berkeley and Santa Cruz, and chief academic officer of the system, endorse the idea currently being studied by a faculty committee.

To slow turnover at its hubs, FedEx Express partnered with the University of Memphis to front the cost of a bachelor's degree. Some question whether this partnership results in real education for employees.

Senator Alexander backs a bill aimed at recruiting of student veterans by for-profits, a compromise amid negotiations with Democrats over his proposed package of higher education bills.