A college visit offers prospective students a chance to look past the carefully curated images in marketing brochures and on social media, and get to know a school for themselves. Asking thoughtful ...

One of the most difficult parts of the college admission process is creating a solid college list. A well-crafted list should contain colleges and universities that don’t prompt a family to overpay ...

Prospective students can ask these questions of admissions officers or college tour guides, but those who want to go in-depth on these issues may also want to speak to a chief diversity officer, dean ...

Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the use of affirmative action in college admissions, many observers are calling the ruling a victory for diversity. But issues concerning how to sustain and ...

The transition from home to college can be exciting as well as rocky for you and your college student child. So much is unfamiliar and unknown for both generations. For parents, this transition means ...

This is the first question I ask students beginning the college search and it is inevitably met with startled, suspicious looks. For many students, questioning the desire to attend college goes to the ...

A concerned mom worries that relatives will overwhelm her teen with questions about the college applications process at ...

Adults know that high school is stressful. They know that teens spend too much time on homework and too little time sleeping, and often live on an emotional knife’s edge. And still, they can’t resist ...

Colleges are often a microcosm of American society, with the same challenges, disagreements and cultural clashes playing out on campuses. That can lead to disputes and controversies centered around ...