Filter & Sort
Inflation Plus Whatever
Middlebury College gives itself a loophole in its plan linking tuition, room and board to inflation.
You're Admitted... Not
As more colleges send emails telling rejected applicants they have been admitted, some admissions officers share what they learned from their mistakes.
Ratings or Rankings?
A new paper by the American Council on Education says the Obama administration's ratings proposal is likely to lead to the same negative consequences as college rankings.
Front Line Instructors
Writing professors find themselves playing a critical and unexpected role in the education of veterans.
Starting All Over Again
Community college students who transfer to a four-year institution have good odds of earning a bachelor's degree, new research finds, unless they lose credits in the transfer process.
Opinion
Talk About Class
Colleges that want first-generation college students to thrive need to talk -- in supportive ways -- about the realities of social class in America and in higher education, write Nicole M. Stephens, MarYam G. Hamedani and Mesmin Destin.
Is a Criminal Past Relevant?
Some Princeton students push university to stop asking whether applicants have been convicted of anything. They say academe needs more people with experience in the justice system.
Grading the New SAT
College Board will try new approach to essay, drop the penalty for wrong answers and work with Khan Academy to provide free test-prep. Some experts like the changes (or most of them), while others see a bid to catch up to the ACT.