Following the footsteps of its Ivy League peers, including Yale, Dartmouth and Brown, Harvard University announced that it is reinstating its standardized testing requirement in admissions beginning ...

As colleges wrestle with fairness, equity, and social mobility, Harvard University’s legacy admissions policy remains a relic. Favoring alumni children undermines the meritocracy Harvard claims to ...

Admitted international students will be allowed to accept admission at Harvard University and at a foreign institution as a “backup plan,” according to an internal Harvard email obtained by MassLive.

Harvard emerged mostly unscathed from its first application cycle since the fall of affirmative action, silencing critics who speculated the University’s recent controversies would deter students from ...

*Harvard University’s newly released admissions data highlights major demographic changes for the Class of 2029. These students entered in fall 2025 and are expected to graduate in 2029. Black student ...

President Donald Trump’s probe into Harvard University’s admissions policies has sparked intense debate among the school’s faculty and students, with some highlighting the elite school's faults. "I ...

In a surprising reversal, Harvard said it will reinstate its standardized test requirement for new applicants, a post-pandemic trend initiated by Georgetown, Yale, and MIT. Harvard first waived the ...

Harvard's applications dipped this past year following then-President Claudine Gay's House hearing about antisemitism on campus. Getty Images Harvard is learning an ancient lesson: You reap what you ...

Rank is the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of the forthcoming book, The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our ...

With the exception of Brown University, some other highly selective schools saw a record rise in the number of students who applied for admission. By Anemona Hartocollis and Stephanie Saul ...