PHOENIX - In the aftermath of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that banned a system known as affirmative action from being used in the college admissions process, the battle is shifting to a system that ...

A growing number of colleges are considering how much interest an applicant shows in their institution -- such as whether the student visited the campus or their booth at a college fair -- as a factor ...

The conservative advocate who dismantled affirmative action is joining forces with a center-left Democrat and a Duke University economist to challenge another sacred cow in elite college admissions: ...

Legacy preferences in college admissions are in the news again, this time because a bill has been introduced in the New York State Senate that would end the practice. Senate Bill S4170, colloquially ...

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision curtailing affirmative action, the spotlight has once again turned to the controversial practice of granting preferential treatment to students with family ...

Mr. Currell, a lawyer and consultant, was a deputy under secretary and senior adviser at the Department of Education from 2018 to 2021. He is a trustee of Gustavus Adolphus College. May 1, 2024 ...