Mr. Currell was a deputy undersecretary and senior adviser at the Department of Education from 2018 to 2021. He is a trustee of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. This week, about 200,000 ...

A controversial college admissions practice is facing legal scrutiny, as current and former students of elite universities accuse their schools of conspiring to inflate prices through the use of early ...

Early decision isn’t just for the rich, as long as people with lower incomes can get accurate price quotes before agreeing to attend if they get in. By Ron Lieber In 1988, Ron Lieber applied to ...

Each college admissions cycle, students opting to apply via early decision are faced with an agreement that they, along with their parent or legal guardian, must sign, vowing to attend the institution ...

There are three main options for college admissions applications: early action, early decision, and regular decision. Early decision applications involve a commitment to enroll if admitted. In ...

College admissions in the United States have become divorced from merit. I’m not referring to contentious arguments over legacy admissions, affirmative action or athletic recruitment. I’m talking ...