CARSON, CA - DECEMBER 17: Felicia Johnson, 32, a second year social work student walks to the bus stop after returning some books at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Dominguez Hills has had a 17% drop in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Through a pilot partnership with the Illinois Community College Board, Sandburg is one of the first community colleges in the ...

The Common Application, a platform where students can apply to multiple colleges and universities in one go, once carried the reputation of only serving students interested in private, highly ...

The Common Application, which has more than 1,000 members, will give them the right not to see applicants’ races. At the same time, the Common App will continue to collect the information. The Common ...

Since its inception in 1975, the Common Application, the undergraduate admissions application used by more than 900 colleges, has required students to provide their “sex,” with only “male” and “female ...

Understanding the experiences and needs of first-generation college students can be a challenge for college and institutional leaders, in part because there is no common definition of a ...

In “Elite Colleges Explore Alternative to Common App” (The Chronicle, October 31), you describe how admissions officers at some of the most selective colleges are hoping to create a new online college ...