If you work long enough in education, you see that most academic trends swing through extreme phases like a pendulum. College admissions trends have followed suit, especially regarding standardized ...

The number of bachelor-degree granting colleges and universities that will be using ACT/SAT-optional, test-blind, or score-free admission procedures for fall 2023 now exceeds 1,900 institutions ...

Last week the U.S. Department of Education issued a “Dear Colleague” letter that warned colleges and universities that they could lose federal funding if they considered race in any of a broad range ...

High school seniors have a lot to consider when applying for colleges, including whether to submit their ACT or SAT scores. A majority of institutions now use the “test-optional” policies, although ...

The SAT, accepted by almost all of the nearly 4,000 colleges and universities in the U.S., may have some growing competition. The Classic Learning Test (CLT) has proved quite the competitor against ...

"There's no way AI can do that for you," says Livingston, now a college counselor with Empowerly. "It has to be an intrinsic ...

Colleges have fled standardized tests, on the theory that they hurt diversity. That’s not what the research shows. Credit...Photo Illustration by Alex Merto Supported by By David Leonhardt David ...

I live in Mill Valley, but I recently traveled to Texas to take the SAT. It’s not due to lack of planning on my part. I went on the College Board site to register for the June SAT the first hour of ...