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Intense advising shifts the college choices of low-income students, study finds.

Lyon College seeks advantage in recruiting students by allowing them to bring four-legged companions.

Samuel L. Stanley says students, families and college counselors need to consider the future -- and not arbitrary rankings -- when evaluating colleges.

Issues related to sports powerhouses play out at elite academic institutions, not just those playing for Division I championships, writes Jim Jump.

New book says most colleges -- and the vast majority of nonelite institutions -- are about to face severe shortage of potential students.

In the interest of peace on earth, Scott McLemee reviews some of the metrics that attempt to gauge the existence of other forms of life in the universe.

College enrollments in the U.S. decline for a sixth straight year -- although at a slower rate -- while the bachelor's degree got more popular.