Some people even waited in the rain.

The legacy system is affirmative action for the privileged.

Facing a lawsuit accusing it of rejecting Asian-American applicants because of supposed low personality scores, the university clarified that quieter students ought to be accepted too.

A lawsuit offers a peek into how one of America’s most selective universities picks applicants—which is great if you’re already living in Montana, love the classics and are the best-ever student at your school

New survey finds faculty often express beliefs unrelated to course work.

In general, college admission is not really about the applicant. It’s about the institution, its mission and its priorities.

A Supreme Court case found that the University of Michigan was using race in admissions the wrong way. Then the state stepped in, and minority enrollments dropped.

A growing endowment generates wealth. A small part of that wealth is invested to bolster an administration tasked with generating prestige, and, as students rush to take out federal loans, raising tuition and fees.

Focus in trial was question of what would happen if Harvard (and by extension, other colleges) stopped considering race.

Cornell ends a partnership with Renmin University of China, citing academic freedom concerns.

She is the system's second consecutive president to leave the job after serving for less than five years.

In the midst of a trial over alleged bias against Asian-American applicants, the university’s revised guidelines for admissions officials became public.