Admissions

Is use of non-need-based aid educationally sound? Does it create financial vulnerabilities for the schools? Questions asked about undergraduate admissions are showing up in professional admissions as well.

Jim Jump doesn’t favor abolishing all early programs, but he sees problems -- especially for students -- in the approaches used by many institutions.

New results -- showing majority of white people believe they face discrimination -- surprise many. But attitudes, especially about college admission, don't always reflect the bias and disadvantages experienced by nonwhites or actual enrollment trends.

Nicholas Soodik writes that myths about one perfect place hurt high school students thinking about their futures.

Tuition and fees increased by a few percentage points across the board, and aid failed to keep pace, annual College Board report shows.

A big boost to college completion would pay off for students and the economy, a new paper finds, but would substantially increase the federal deficit.

About that peer-review crisis … There isn’t one, at least in terms of quantity, according to a new study of article submissions and reviews completed in the social sciences. But those who write many papers might not be reviewing their fair share.

Jim Jump considers the flaws of U.S. News rankings.