Three years after affirmative action’s end, Harvard still favors applicants by ancestry.

6 tips on how to push back — nicely — on those who say college isn’t worth it.

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Germany’s democracy has suffered an earthquake.

Fifteen schools now charge six figures per year for the total cost of attendance; others are on the verge.

Fifteen schools now charge six figures per year for the total cost of attendance; others are on the verge.

A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.

AI guardrails should protect important mental work

Americans are more pessimistic than ever about the value of a degree—but enrollment keeps going up.

Americans are more pessimistic than ever about the value of a degree—but enrollment keeps going up.

Americans are more pessimistic than ever about the value of a degree—but enrollment keeps going up.

Americans are more pessimistic than ever about the value of a degree—but enrollment keeps going up.

Americans are more pessimistic than ever about the value of a degree—but enrollment keeps going up.

Colleges have fled standardized tests, on the theory that they hurt diversity. That’s not what the research shows.

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