Admissions

The tests may not be perfect, but they offer admissions officers key information, writes Larry S. Su.

Scholars argue in a new report that implementing a nationwide free college program is more complicated than it sounds and there are better ways for the government to support low-income students.

Going “beyond transfer,” national panel argues that achieving equity in higher education requires recognizing and crediting “all relevant learning” from wider variety of sources.

College of Marin leaders hope to use $2,000 grants to persuade more than 400 students who left during the pandemic to return and to entice others to enroll this fall.

University had earlier announced record-breaking number of applicants. It also has a record in admitted students from racial and ethnic minority groups.

Augustana College hopes so. It is launching a pilot to test the idea.

They are smaller than they used to be (by colleges’ choice) and are mostly outside. But many colleges fear the Delta variant could change things for the worse.

Some things -- even things that may seem worthwhile -- may not be graded with fairness, writes Laura Aull.