The college essay favors students who know how to exaggerate their adversity and fake humility.

Universities can enhance diversity by giving an admissions break to disadvantaged students of all races. It's legal and it's good politics.

The University of Austin will guarantee admissions to students with very high test scores.

College students can't read well and don't try, writes a philosophy professor.

Renaming DEI departments and ending diversity statements won't fix academia's intellectual monoculture.

Columbia researchers say they're losing federal grants for DEI language that they were required to add by the Biden administration.

Education's "new normal" is horrifying. Let's build a new education system out of the ashes.

Even college-focused charter schools are urging students to consider a range of career and post-high school options.

The Education Department has used "guidance" letters to force states, colleges and districts to spend hundreds of millions of dollars.

The University of California is being sued by Asian-American achievers who charge racial discrimination in admissions.

The anti-DEI backlash is fierce, because so many people were forced to suppress their real feelings.

Long-term homeschoolers are less likely to earn a bachelor's degree and earn less than non-homeschoolers, but they're happier.

Can we create a merit-based society that's more than a rat race?

Biden's education legacy: He gave schools billions to recover from the pandemic, but didn't focus on learning.

"Competency-based" education makes sense -- if students really are competent.

Young people need to believe they can do difficult things. Don't tell them they're fragile.

Americans think college costs too much and want more focus on preparing students for jobs.

California community colleges will require unprepared STEM majors to be placed in calculus.

Taking AP Calculus is almost obligatory for students applying for top colleges, even if they aren't interested in math or science majors.

It's college application time again. Ambitious 12th-graders are polishing their essays, wondering if mentioning their grandmother's claim...