Admissions

Sociologist documents the extent to which colleges' brochures give impression that they have more black students than they do.

College Board releases study saying it is, but numbers show little difference from earlier version -- while validity gaps based on gender and race remain.

Wake Forest ends requirement, becoming the first nationally ranked private university to do so. Worcester Polytechnic, first science institute to drop requirement, sees gain in first year.

Kevin Carey sees flaws in the increasingly international business of rating colleges -- but also sees legitimate reasons for the comparisons.

U.S. News & World Report may be on the verge of significant changes in its methodology. The magazine has sent...

Five years ago, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor saved affirmative action in public college admissions when she crafted the majority decision...

Entrepreneurial future M.D.'s at U. of Chicago -- who helped with applicant interviews -- set up business to advise other applicants.

Key University of California faculty panel wants system campuses to stop requiring them.