Admissions

Number of high school seniors completing U.S. financial aid form drops 10 percent; current students renew at healthy rates. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds seem disproportionately affected.

Stanford's faculty votes for new policies designed to de-emphasize wealth, which isn't an official criteria for admission. Will the approach work?

COVID-19 makes it all the more important, writes Matthew Pietrafetta.

Women in economics get asked significantly more questions than men when presenting -- mostly by men. Researchers say this is part of deeper gender issues within the field.

Justice Department wanted out of the case. But private group vows to sue the university.

Despite record totals in the Ivies and other competitive colleges, they are dropping at most institutions.

Without tests, it will be much harder to judge colleges' efforts at promoting equity, writes Don Hossler.