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How to Survive as an Admissions Official
A new book, which deems the position of admissions dean to be “the hottest seat on campus,” highlights lessons learned from COVID-19 and the FAFSA fiasco.
Socioeconomic Differences Among High Schools Drive Gap in College Outcomes
About a quarter of graduates from high-poverty high schools earn a college degree within six years. Their peers at low-poverty schools complete at more than double that rate.
Fall 2025’s Unexpected Enrollment Successes
Colleges credit popular health sciences programs, increased dual enrollment, stepped-up retention efforts, new graduate programs and more for their record enrollments this fall.
Dual Enrollment Leads to More College Acceptances, Greater Financial Awards
The studies add to a growing body of research about the impacts of dual enrollment, which allows high schoolers to take college courses and is growing more popular.
College Board Ends Tool That Shared Geographic Context With Colleges
Let’s Talk About Proxies and Admission
The ultimate target of the administration’s scrutiny of college admission may be holistic review, Jim Jump writes.
What Counts as ‘Unlawful Proxy Discrimination’?
The Trump administration mostly seems concerned about the use of “unlawful proxies” that would benefit Black and Hispanic students in admission, Catharine Hill writes.
The Common App at 50
The organization that started with 15 private colleges now has more than 1,100 participating institutions. But closing equity gaps remains a top priority.