Admissions

A colleague’s job move has Jim Jump reflecting on challenges faced by those in admissions whose bosses don’t understand the field.

By Jim Jump

Students are being encouraged to apply to too many colleges, writes Nicholas Soodik.

By Nicholas Soodik

New research indicates more job opportunities would be available if apprenticeships were expanded across more fields.

House education committee leaks its ambitious first draft of a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, with broad changes aimed at both deregulation and more accountability in how federal student aid is distributed and used.

Texas commissioner of higher education says outnumbered men are uncomfortable on some college campuses. How will the state navigate goals for growing numbers of male graduates in a world where the patriarchy women face is being laid bare?

A high school in Tennessee, backed by local politicians, isn’t accepting explanations for why scores on test taken in good faith shouldn’t count.

High schools in Georgia see surge in enrollments in computer science, and state leaders are pleased. But are those courses equivalent, as university system admissions requirements now say, to Spanish or French?

Hartwick, a private institution where three-quarters of enrollees are from New York State, seeks to counter impact of free public tuition.