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Harvard's Admitted Class Has Record Share of Asian Americans
Gains have been steady over a decade, but increase is large this year as federal judge considers lawsuit over affirmative action.
The Week in Admissions News
Flaws with net price calculators; Chinese students; challenges for small private colleges.
Latest Fallout From Admissions Scandal
Yale revokes admission of student in scandal; new verification at Stanford; indictment for money laundering; legislation in California; USC faculty speak out; "SNL" takes on admissions scandal.
Where Do Colleges Recruit? Wealthy and White High Schools
Study finds public universities that recruit out of state focus on high schools that serve wealthy students.
Opinion
Tony Soprano, the Electoral College and Varsity Blues
The admissions scandal has Nicholas Soodik thinking about Meadow's college tour and the popular vote, among other things.
Opinion
Ethical College Admissions: The Legacy of Alan Krueger
The late Princeton economist made an important contribution to understanding higher education, writes Jim Jump.
Mixed Results on Florida Remedial Education Gamble
New research on Florida's remedial education law shows more students are taking and passing college-level courses. Despite the progress, researchers still see significant numbers of students failing and can't explain why.
One Discipline's Soaring Publishing Expectations
It's not just you: sociology's publishing expectations have doubled in recent decades, by some measures, and that threatens research ingenuity, according to one study.