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HBCU Graduates Owe More Debt, Earn Less Than Peers
Students who attend historically Black colleges and universities earn $16,600 less on average than peers from non-HBCUs a decade after...
Colleges Sing for Their FAFSA Supper
The Education Department is dispensing money and advisers to help “underresourced” colleges navigate the new FAFSA. But which institutions will be eligible?
The Week in Admissions News
California public systems extend commitment deadlines; test-optional policies continue at Vanderbilt and Cornell; Dartmouth reinstates standardized testing.
The Secret Recipe for Super Bowl Ads: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Niusha Jones, assistant professor of marketing at Boise State University, discusses the qualities behind the...
Texas A&M Shutters Controversial Qatar Campus
Texas A&M University will close its campus in Qatar by 2028, ending a 21-year partnership with the Qatar Foundation for...
California Universities Extend Decision Deadlines
The University of California and California State University systems will both extend their deadlines for student commitments from May 1...
Cornell, Vanderbilt Extend Test-Optional Policies
Cornell and Vanderbilt Universities both announced this week that they will extend the test-optional admissions policies they adopted during the...
Data-Based Decisions Tips: Using FAFSA Data to Reach At-Need Students
A 2022 Dear Colleague letter from the Education Department encouraged colleges and universities to use FAFSA data to reach out to students about their eligibility for federal benefits, but few did. A new report identifies strategies for direct outreach to better support financially insecure students.