Filter & Sort
White House Meeting on 'Undermatching'
Administration officials summoned university presidents to discuss a possible effort to get more low-income, academically talented students to apply to the nation’s best institutions.
Micro-Targeting Students
Increasingly sophisticated data slicing tools are changing student recruitment. Who benefits?
Pretending to Be Need-Blind
George Washington U. said for years that ability to pay wasn't a factor in admissions. It wasn't true.
Opinion
The Student Solution to Affirmative Action
Students who favor affirmative action should follow their principles and help minority students -- by choosing not to apply to highly selective colleges, writes Mark Bauerlein.
Commotion App
After several days and missed admissions deadlines, glitches in the new Common Application system are still causing campus officials to fall behind and sending some parents, students and high school counselors into frenzies.
Supreme Court Skepticism
Several justices question the logic of overturning Michigan's ban on the consideration of race in admissions.
Surprise on Legacy Admissions
State lawyer defending ban on affirmative action suggests U. of Michigan end preference for alumni children -- and Justice Sotomayor objects.
All the Freshmen in Paris
Centenary College of Louisiana plans to send all its 2014 fall freshmen to France in the first days of class. Is this the future of study abroad or PR?