Admissions

Patrick O’Connor takes his first multicollege trip for counselors and emerges impressed.

By Patrick O’Connor

Jim Jump reviews the data on test-optional policies and considers what he would still like to know.

By Jim Jump

Grant checks from NSF and other funders won't go out. Meetings on grant applications won't take place. Impact will grow with length of standoff. Trump threat on border with Mexico alarms some Texas campuses.

Major education foundations aren't waiting for Congress to provide data needed to better analyze and serve students. They've partnered to get the data themselves and are encouraging more colleges to join them.

To help manage career college closures and protect students, Steve Gunderson backs a proposal for the sector to fund a new federal coordinating office.

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Stanford becomes latest institution to drop the value of family homes when calculating ability of a student to pay.

State Department reverses long-standing policy against working with commissioned international recruiting agents, will welcome them at EducationUSA events.

Many colleges say they provide enough aid for students to enroll. New analysis suggests otherwise.