Admissions

Top officials at research institutions make case for long-term funding deal and say the effects of the shutdown will last for weeks or months.

Two prominent researchers say some selective colleges have responded to pressure to hit national benchmarks for enrolling low-income students -- in ways that hurt other needy students who are equally academically worthy.

The evidence is mixed on their impact, writes Jim Jump.

Article that disappeared (and that has attracted more attention since disappearing) raises questions about Singapore's emphasis on rankings.

Federal judge allows to proceed a suit in which white student says an admissions officer told her she might improve her odds of getting into medical school by discovering Native American or African American lineage.

Should rules written to protect biomedical research subjects from physical harm, Alan Sokal asks, be applied blindly to very different types of subjects?

Maria Shine Stewart describes taking the exam almost four decades after her first try.