Admissions

First or second generation African Americans found to be much more likely than other black students -- and more likely than white students -- to attend selective colleges.

Plan before Board of Regents today is projected to significantly cut Asian admissions. Who would gain the most? Not black and Latino applicants.

Law school officials reveal to sociologists how U.S. News influences their decision making -- not necessarily for the better.

Major scholarly study finds positive impacts from having roommates from different backgrounds -- and negative impacts from being members of groups largely of one race or ethnicity.

Jess H. Lord, dean of admissions and financial aid at Haverford College, says that "up until Friday I've been telling...

Berkeley project finds that LSAT doesn't predict success as a lawyer, but other tests -- on which female and minority students score as well as white men -- do.

New research tries to shift discussion beyond enrollment rates to the actual experience of male and female students in college.

Dueling studies arrive -- one seeing colleges moving away from consideration of race and one drawing attention to the use of race.