Admissions

Large number of private colleges plan tuition resets next year despite many experts’ view that the practice is a gimmick. The colleges hope to grow enrollment, contain student costs and prove critics wrong. But it won’t be easy.

An alliance of 11 public research universities shows that sharing data, ideas and practices can help more low-income students graduate.

Study finds that educators can tell quite a bit from the freshman year -- and that colleges may be able to use this information in recruiting.

New option also allows “nonbinary” selection.

Jim Jump offers an inside look at the way the association changed its rules.

Lenora Chu discusses her inside look at China’s educational system -- and what American colleges should know about the students recruited there.

Data are sparse but positive about impact of taking a year off before college.