Here are some of the red flags that will quickly indicate to admissions officers that a student has hired a prescriptive college admissions consultant.

Johnson College is now enrolling students in seven new programs, expanding its offerings to 18 associate degree programs and five academic certificate programs. Several of these additions build on ...

Teens are increasingly using generative AI tools to evaluate and choose a college or university, prompting concerns about ...

After the Supreme Court banned the consideration of race in college admissions, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology each enrolled fewer Black freshmen in fall 2024 than ...

If there’s one thing that chatbots have proven, it’s that we’re in a golden era for academic cheating. And as bad as using ChatGPT to “earn” a law degree is, chatbots aren’t having all the problematic ...

A 2023 Supreme Court decision barred colleges from considering race in deciding who gets in. But what has resulted is anything but equitable. Getting into college has never, ever been purely ...

Admissions counselors welcome admitted students to a presentation on the Augsburg University campus. Credit: Jaida Grey Eagle for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education.

More than 300 colleges, many of them under pressure to maintain enrollment, now accept students through direct admissions. As they’ve done so, they’ve found themselves questioning whether these ...

High schoolers are turning to chatbots for help navigating the college admissions process. Does a virtual college coach know what’s best for students? By Callie Holtermann It was September, and ...

Last spring, the University of Austin in Texas, declaring the college admissions system “biased,” “broken” and “unjust,” launched a “merit-first” admissions program. Students with high standardized ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Universities nationwide, including Caltech, are debuting artificial intelligence tools to evaluate applicants.