Hundreds of Colleges Have Spots for Students for the Fall

More than 250 colleges and universities have enrollment capacity for their fall 2014 semesters, the National Association for College Admission Counseling said Monday in its annual spring report on available openings. The group's College Openings Update, which was formerly called the Space Availability Survey, is designed to help find possible destinations for students who have not found spots by the standard May 1 deadline for acceptances at selective colleges (and to help those colleges that have not filled their classes). It serves as a useful counterpoint each year to the hype in many quarters about how difficult it is for students to get into college. (Note: This article has been updated from an earlier version.)