Many college applications require a personal essay, which can be daunting for students to write. But a few simple tips, some introspection and insight into what admissions officers are looking for can ...

Common App CEO Jenny Rickard says to remember that a college application is a sum of its parts, and any extracurricular ...

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Increasingly, high school students are rethinking the value of college. The rising cost of college and ballooning student loan balances have played a large role in changing views about the higher ...

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At first glance, calls from members of Congress to restore academic merit in college admissions might sound like a neutral policy. In our view, these campaigns often cherry-pick evidence and mask a ...

Garrett Andrews is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Political Science at Portland Community College where he teaches State and Local Government. Brenna Swanston is an education-focused ...

Increasingly, high school students are questioning the value of college. A new Pew Research Center analysis finds that job opportunities and wages are improving for workers without a bachelor's degree ...

College was once widely viewed as a pathway to success, but today only about 1 in 4 Americans say a bachelor's degree is necessary to secure a well-paying job, according to a new survey from the Pew ...

Forty years ago 32 percent of counselors and teachers advised all students to go to college. Just 10 years later, in 1990, that percentage had doubled with roughly two-thirds of educators recommending ...

A San Jose State University graduate prepares for commencement ceremonies with his family in December 2021. (Aric Crabb/MediaNews Group/East Bay Times via Getty Images) Having a bachelor’s degree ...