Admissions

Even some colleges that have gone test optional still require homeschooled applicants to submit ACT or SAT scores. Admissions officials say test scores are a valuable metric for homeschooled students, who can be challenging to evaluate.

Frank LoMonte asks why so many admissions officers look at applicants’ social media posts and factor what they find into decisions.

Members of the African Urbanism Humanities Lab describe the politics, practicalities and promise of research engagements between universities in the Global North and South.

TEL Education partners with institutions to offer high school students a low-cost way to start their college careers. Critics worry about quality and transferability.

About one-third of law schools already accept it. Will the rest now follow suit?

A jury took less than an hour to find him guilty in case that embarrassed the university and the rankings industry.

Study documents key ways that white (and sometimes Asian) students have an advantage in admissions over Black and Latinx students.

Students and families can save time and money, writes Neeta Vallab.