Admissions

Saturday was the first August administration of the SAT, but testing centers were closed in much of Texas.

Sometimes you have to make the same point over and over again, writes Jim Jump.

Turn to any news outlet, and you will find a public opinion poll bearing a college or university affiliation, writes Mileah Kromer, but few people on campuses even know how survey labs function, let alone the benefits they provide.

New data show -- across national sample -- they are admitted at much higher rates than other applicants. But the vast majority also fit or exceed the academic profile of colleges to which they are admitted.

Tools that skip most of the questions on aid calculators are gathering support. Have they figured out something that most colleges haven’t?

Jim Jump writes that the real issue may be the rapid increase in the number of applicants, not overt discrimination.