Admissions

Hard data on which students are failing to use learning management software can help colleges intervene to boost retention rates.

Louisiana and other states are closer to reaching college completion goals as their emphasis shifts to more certificates in addition to degrees.

ETS plans to discourage graduate departments from relying in excess on test scores in deciding whom to admit.

More community colleges are moving away from relying on placement exams alone to figure out whether incoming students need remediation, but establishing a substitute system can be tricky.

Next year will be disruptive and confusing for students, families and most colleges in the admissions process, argues W. Kent Barnds, who wonders how so many changes can be good.

Republican lawmakers back bill that would substantially cut tuition and revenue, and seek more student diversity, at five system campuses, four of which are minority-serving institutions.

The changes in the new SAT reflect a very different -- and questionable -- view of the qualities that are important for success in college, argues Ben Paris.