Admissions

Forget formal letters of recommendation. Do personal appeals make a difference? Research suggests they create a real advantage over similarly qualified applicants without an advocate.

Move shifts away from practices of other top M.B.A. programs.

A new report leaves Jim Jump wondering if low-income students can still find the money to pay for public higher education.

By Jim Jump

Doctoral admissions needs reform, but not the end of testing, writes David G. Payne.

By David G. Payne

Trilogy Education Services runs coding boot camps for a growing number of universities. The partnerships are lucrative for the institutions, but are they worth the reputational risk?

College leaders talk about their participation on a federal task force on apprenticeships, which last week issued a report with scathing criticism of traditional higher education.

ACT has raised some eyebrows by announcing a new program -- for which participants must pay -- to train those who tutor test takers.