The University of Austin launched a "merit-first" admissions policy, rejecting a status quo it says deprioritizes academics. Here's how it will do so.

What if colleges started applying to you instead of the other way around? This story also appeared in National Public Radio The anxiety-inducing college admissions game is changing. With declining ...

Even the best student loans and other financial aid items don't always provide enough to cover all the costs of an average college ... don't require essays or letters of recommendation.

The graduate program committee (GPC) reviews such applications, and the GPC chair forwards a recommendation ... strong support letters from the senior supervisor and supervisory committee members; ...

Letters of recommendation from teachers, school counselors and other sources can help college admissions officers get a more complete picture of applicants. They give admissions offices a "third ...

Even with slim odds, waitlisted students still have one last shot: sending a letter of continued interest to show they're eager to attend the Ivy League college.

Carney’s thesis supervisor defended his work. “I believe you are mischaracterizing this work,” Margaret Meyer, an American economist and an economics fellow at Nuffield College in Oxford ...

Higher education is not fun for anyone right now. Students are struggling with coursework. Faculty are struggling to get students engaged. Schools are caught between activist camps willing to use ...

Nguyen Thanh Loc, a 26-year-old academic manager from Ho Chi Minh City ... he used the Analytical Hierarchy Process, building essays from smaller, coherent points to more complex arguments. Although ...

and jeopardizing academic freedom in the process. The Harvard faculty letter does not mention President Trump by name, but it says ongoing ”attacks on American universities threaten bedrock ...