Admissions

With admissions systems receiving more scrutiny than ever, Jim Jump wonders how higher education will respond.

Those arrested were charged with posing as others to take the test and earn scores to be admitted to colleges.

Move goes against the norm for top-ranked doctoral programs.

New details on scandal emerge. Coaches lose jobs. Universities hint that some admitted applicants may lose their places. And a few colleges sense a recruiting opportunity.

Harvard scholars release a new "Turning the Tide" report on admissions at the height of a scandal over alleged misbehavior by those who should know better.

Popular alternative-academic career platform was bought last year by the foundation behind the recently uncovered undergraduate admissions scheme.

The current admissions scandal is a reminder of the dangers of elitism in higher education that assumes limited role for nonelite institutions, writes Seamus Carey.