Admissions

Colleges continue to drop requirements that were once the norm at competitive institutions. The exams have fans, but shift from required to recommended frustrates many counselors, who report applicant confusion.

Don Hossler, Jerry Lucido and Emily Chung consider legacy preferences, early decision and other issues and draw attention to a key fact: the limited number of slots at elite institutions.

By Don Hossler et al.

Jim Jump considers the flaws of U.S. News rankings.

By Jim Jump

U.S. trade commission accuses Victory Media of letting colleges pay for inclusion in “matchmaker” tool, materials targeting military service members.

Ambitious project to create public database of wage data and other information about all postsecondary credentials seeks to help students and employers know more about what's expected in academic and job-training programs.

Washington University in St. Louis joins movement, a year after Colby and the University of Chicago.

Group says it understands the reactions of those concerned over request for a focus on black students who are not the children of recent immigrants.