This is the question on many a politician's--and student's-- mind. With a long-sought voting majority in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, Democrats now have the power to...

(Source: Princeton University) Are Asian-Americans penalized in the elite-college admissions process? Yes, says a Yale freshman rejected by other top colleges, including Princeton, which he's now...

(Source: Trinity University) We all know blogging has caught on, and that people of all stripes, including me, are trying their hand at it. So, evidently, are college presidents. Consider this bit...

Some people, including the author of this article, think they do. It seems a rather strange argument...at first glance, what effect could community colleges possibly have on high schools? According to...

Not that kind of early decision. No, I'm talking here about a different use of the term. Consider my latest Chronicle of Higher Education column: As elite universities balance social equality with...

(Source: Emerson College) Yesterday's Boston Globe Magazine ran a piece on Emerson College, a Boston institution dedicated to communications and visual and performing arts. Its famous alumni...

(Source: University of Pennsylvania) Good ol' alma mater is in the news again. This time it's our president, Amy Gutmann, who's being chastised for appearing in a Halloween photo with a...

College? Affordable? Can those two words even exist in the same sentence? They can, with a little research. Here's an article that may make it easier. College Education Weekly offers five possible...

(Source: Yale University) Yale University. Top law school? Check. Great medical school? Check. First-class drama school? Check. Premier business school? Um.... Not yet. The Yale School of Management...