Taking the SAT or ACT is often a source of stress for students, as some spend weeks or months prepping to try to earn a score high enough to land at their ideal college. But many schools are ...

High school students should familiarize themselves with an informative website, Niche.com, which provides the latest statistics on all colleges. It lists the acceptance rate as well as the SAT score ...

Earlier this month, President Trump signed a memorandum requiring increased transparency in higher education admissions. The purpose of the order is to ensure that universities are admitting students ...

Advocates who helped abolish affirmative action have set their sights on the longtime practice of giving preferences to the children of alumni.

SALT LAKE CITY — Many of America's most storied educational institutions — including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Duke and Notre Dame — still consider legacy status in admissions. It's been dubbed ...

A new working paper from Dartmouth College researchers is providing yet more evidence that test-optional college admissions ended up hurting the very disadvantaged students the policy change was meant ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump attempts to reshape college admissions, he’s promising a new era of fairness, with an emphasis on merit and test scores and a blind eye toward diversity.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. Legacy admission is continuing to ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. Students across the country are ...