Admissions

Is now the moment when college admission professionals will start breaking down known barriers to admission for Black students?

Maggie P. Fay thinks about Varsity Blues, community colleges and the unequal application of academic standards.

In Boston and San Francisco, public high schools with competitive admissions abandon tests for admissions -- for one year.

New research on how some free college programs affect enrollment is promising. But it comes at a time when some of these programs are being scaled back due to the pandemic.

Large-scale study backs up other research showing relative declines in women's research productivity during COVID-19.

Kaplan asks about the fall semester.

Declines come in a year in which it has become difficult to take either test. Gaps grow for minority groups except Asians.