Junior year is when college admissions begins to feel real. To help families focus on what truly matters, we gathered guidance from nationally recognized admissions experts on everything from ...

Weighing merit aid offers? Waitlisted at your top choice? Or just can’t decide which school would be best? Here’s how one independent college admissions counselor advises her clients when it comes ...

Every year, prospective college students stress over the application essay. They wonder what to write about, how they should write and whether the essay makes a difference. Local college admissions ...

Ivy Tech Community College Evansville is hosting a free event featuring a pancake breakfast and the opportunity to sample college classes. The family-friendly event, Pancakes & Ivy, is scheduled for 8 ...

Most people believed that the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision to end affirmative action in higher education admissions would cause a big drop in Black and Hispanic enrollment at the nation’s top ...

Columbia College Chicago is a private, four-year college located in downtown Chicago and nationally recognized for its focus on arts, media, communications and creative industries. According to the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ended race-conscious admissions as we knew it two-and-a-half years ago. But colleges throughout the nation are still grappling with the fallout from the court’s ruling in ...

Some students are still mentioning their race or immigrant status as the Trump administration cracks down on diversity efforts. But many are avoiding sensitive aspects of their identity. By Bernard ...

Last spring, the University of Austin in Texas, declaring the college admissions system “biased,” “broken” and “unjust,” launched a “merit-first” admissions program. Students with high standardized ...

The Education Department is moving forward with a new dataset initiative for its annual college admissions survey, giving postsecondary schools three months to complete the extensive task. The new ...

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