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by Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report November 18, 2025 PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. — As she approached her senior year in high school, the thought of moving on…

There was a 9 percent increase in enrollments from the pilot county as compared to the previous CSU freshman class. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher…

The University of Virginia (UVA) has become the latest institution to agree to the Trump administration’s demands concerning discrimination in admissions and hiring following significant pressure…

In selective college admissions, “context” is quickly becoming a dirty word. The administration’s proposed “compact” with higher education would mandate the use of standardized testing in admission; the…

In an analysis comparing college admission essays generated by artificial intelligence to 30,000 human-written essays from before ChatGPT was released, Cornell University researchers found that AI…

Earlier this month, College Board announced its decision to kill Landscape, a race-neutral tool that allowed admissions readers to better understand a student’s context for opportunity.…

Anthony Gallonio has spent most of his career working in higher education admissions and financial aid, watching young people select, apply to and enroll in colleges.…

More UChicago programs are pausing new Ph.D. admissions for the 2026-27 academic year. Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu/Getty Images The University of Chicago’s Arts and Humanities Division is now…

President Donald Trump wants to collect more admissions data from colleges and universities to make sure they’re complying with a 2023 Supreme Court decision that ended…

The University of Chicago’s Arts and Humanities Division is reducing how many new Ph.D. students it admits for the 2026–27 academic year across about half of…