Admissions

Jim Jump writes about how coaches can abandon students, forcing them to scramble at the last minute.

By Jim Jump

Kat Coy offers advice on how to gather the information to write the letters.

By Kat Coy

Using funds from its endowment to expand financial aid, Boston University notches sizable increase in proportion of its freshmen who come from low-income backgrounds.

But gaps remain, based on levels of preparedness and by race and ethnicity.

Amid concerns about visas and the political environment, some institutions are maintaining or even increasing their enrollment numbers, but many report drops, some by as much as 30 to 50 percent for new students.

New Koch-backed institute at the University of Utah is raising questions about academic freedom and whether the center is designed to compete with Utah’s existing economics department.

Indiana University’s new “grand challenge” takes a practical approach by seeking to connect university research on environmental change to the lives and work of people across the conservative state.