The future of higher education depends not just on who gets in, but on how they get in—and whether the journey starts with a barrier or a bridge. For too long, college admissions has been a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Heather Wishart-Smith is a board director who covers innovation. College admissions used to be about predictable milestones like a ...

Applicants are not supposed to use AI to write college essays. But colleges are using AI to help assess applications. At ...

After meticulously polishing application materials, hitting submit during the early admissions round, and enduring the agonizing wait for an admissions decision, thousands of students opened their ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mary Frances Ruskell graduated in May from her high school in Columbia, South Carolina. The first round of admissions decisions for Clemson University came out on a December evening, ...