By Scott Jaschik. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced Monday that its annual prize for elite colleges that promote equity is going to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this year. The $1 million prize is designed to show that colleges with highly competitive admissions can also craft admissions and financial aid programs to enroll many low-income students. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Jewish students filed a suit in federal court Monday against San Francisco State University, charging that the institution tolerates a hostile environment toward them, the Los Angeles Times reported. More...

By Scott Jaschik. In an era when college admissions essay themes are decidedly similar and not terribly exciting (significant book, a hero, etc.), the University of Chicago has long prided itself on questions that are different, or "uncommon," (even if the university did join the Common Application. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Another women's colleges goes completely coeducational, renewing discussion of viability of single-sex colleges -- and of institutions that start to recruit male students. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Two years into an unusual approach to international admissions, University of San Francisco finds that it's working. More...