The five-year experiment in ignoring SAT and ACT results has failed. Continuing it would be a disservice to students who aren ...

UC Davis research shows that universities who made standardized tests optional for admission increased the diversity of their student bodies. (iStock) Universities that have eliminated standardized ...

Lawmakers passed a bill this week that would make California one of the few states in the nation to ban private colleges and universities from considering an applicant’s legacy or donor connections ...

In a move that squarely places California’s public universities at the forefront of the national trend to drop standardized tests, the Cal State university system will eliminate SAT and ACT exams from ...

Stanford will continue considering legacy status while no longer being test-optional for the fall 2026 admissions cycle, according to the University’s newly released admissions criteria. The move ...

Johns Hopkins University (JHU) has joined a growing list of colleges that are bringing back standardized testing as a part of their admissions process. Many prestigious universities decided to get rid ...

Student group says Black, Hispanic applicants get unfair advantage Violations of U.S. Constitution, civil rights law alleged University says it collects race data for statistical purposes Feb 3 ...

A group representing white and Asian high school and college students filed a complaint Monday in federal court against the ...

Stanford is one of four California universities under investigation by the Justice Department over possible "illegal DEI" practices in admissions. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press) The Department of ...

Selective universities like USC receive thousands more applications from academically qualified students than they can possibly admit. Credit: Reed Saxon/Associated Press The Hechinger Report covers ...

When the College Board cancelled SAT testing in 2020, hundreds of colleges adopted test-optional admissions policies for that ...

USC is one of a handful of private universities that, according its most recent data, has considered legacy and donor-connection status in admissions. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Lawmakers ...