An inquiry into admissions preference for family of alumni and donors began after the Supreme Court’s decision last month limiting affirmative action.

Systems that give preference to children of alumni are under renewed scrutiny after the Supreme Court issued a ruling against affirmative action.

And if so, is that really such a disaster?

Schools roll out new essay prompts and software updates for application readers, while worrying about legal exposure.

Getting into sororities is nearly as tough as entry to top universities. “Be trendy but not too trendy, modest but not too modest, fit in but be unique.”

A conversation with Annie Lowrey about how to diversify these schools—and by extension, America’s elite

This week, graduate students enrolled in Ph.D. programs at Duke University will receive ballots in the mail to vote on whether to form a labor union. If more students vote for the union than against, they’ll become the first recognized graduate student union in the South.

Texas A&M already lost its president in the wake of a Texas Tribune article on the mishandled hiring of a Black professor. Now, the Tribune connects politics to the investigation of a current professor. On Friday morning, Texas A&M University announced its president had retired, citing the ongoing controversy over A&M mishandling the hiring of a Black professor.

Robin Capehart’s relationship with professors at West Virginia’s Bluefield State U. was already strained. Then he publicly insulted them.