Business

Some maintain that they can drop the policy and preserve access, but those who have gone need blind have seen gains in student diversity.

Author of new book on foundations describes how Gates has used venture philanthropy, measurable goals and a close relationship with the Obama administration to influence policy, and says Gates's approach may be shifting in promising ways.

Different strategies take stage at the National Association of College and University Business Officers' annual meeting.

Malcolm Gladwell says trade-off exists between high-quality campus dining and admitting low-income students. Bowdoin questions his logic and ethics.

Education Department will let some colleges experiment with required loan counseling, which some hope will discourage overborrowing.

Contrary to college standing as an open thoroughfare for Americans wanting to improve their lives, it has become a gated toll road primarily available to those from middle-class and upper-class families, argues Jeffrey J. Williams.