College admissions
Highlights of Connecticut budget implementation bill

Jun. 17, 2021 06:01 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Senate on Thursday gave final legislative passage to a wide-ranging bill that spells out details of the new, two-year ...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 10:10 AM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 1, 2021. Editorial: Diversity finds another enemy: The Florida Supreme Court In a...

Georgia public universities will again require tests in 2022

May. 15, 2021 10:40 AM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia public universities will once again start requiring standardized test scores for enrollment in 2022. The University...

West Virginia University extends policy on admission tests

Apr. 26, 2021 06:51 AM EDT
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University has extended its relaxed requirement for test scores for students seeking admission as the coronavirus...

Top colleges see record application numbers amid pandemic

By Pat Eaton-Robb Apr. 07, 2021 07:08 PM EDT
Highly competitive colleges including Yale, Brown and Penn are sending out acceptance notices this week to a much smaller percentage of admission seekers than...

FILE - Clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, foreground, departs federal court in Boston on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, after facing charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Giannulli is asking to serve the remainder of his five-month prison term at home, saying he spent eight weeks in solitary confinement before being transferred to a minimum security camp this week. Giannulli's lawyers said Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 that Giannulli believed he would only be held in quarantine for a short time before testing negative for the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Mossimo Giannulli loses bid to finish prison term at home

By Alanna Durkin Richer Jan. 26, 2021 12:16 PM EST

FILE- In this March 12, 2005, file photo, a student leaves after taking the SAT at Upper Arlington High School in Upper Arlington, Ohio. The College Board said Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, it will eliminate the optional essay from the SAT and do away with subject tests amid a changing college admissions landscape. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)
SAT doing away with optional essay, subject tests

Jan. 19, 2021 01:28 PM EST

First-year student applications down in UMaine System

Jan. 15, 2021 01:15 AM EST
ORONO, Maine (AP) — Applications for first-year admission to the University of Maine System among students in the state are down 13% from a year ago, the...

FILE - Clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, foreground, departs federal court in Boston on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, after facing charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Giannulli is asking to serve the remainder of his five-month prison term at home, saying he spent eight weeks in solitary confinement before being transferred to a minimum security camp this week. Giannulli's lawyers said Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 that Giannulli believed he would only be held in quarantine for a short time before testing negative for the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Mossimo Giannulli asks to finish prison sentence at home

By Alanna Durkin Richer Jan. 14, 2021 06:22 PM EST

High school senior Gabriella Staykova poses for a photo at her home in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. As a senior, she planned on visiting college campuses during the last spring break, but with campuses closed due to the pandemic, she is applying to colleges sight unseen. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Pandemic's toll shows up on students' college applications

By Carolyn Thompson Jan. 13, 2021 01:09 AM EST

FILE - In this May 14, 2020, file photo, an image of veteran Constance "Kandy" Pinard is projected onto the home she grew up in with her sister, Tammy Petrowicz, left, and brothers, Paul, center, and Brian Driscoll in Florence, Mass. Pinard, a nurse in the U.S. Air Force and resident of the Soldier's Home in Holyoke, Mass., died from the COVID-19 virus at the age of 73. The coronavirus pandemic was Massachusetts' top story of 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Beyond COVID-19: Politics, legal news grabbed 2020 headlines

By William J. Kole Dec. 28, 2020 09:02 AM EST

FILE - In this May 14, 2020, file photos, a Salvation Army worker, center, wears a mask and gloves out of concern for the coronavirus while distributing food to a person, right, also wearing a mask, in Chelsea, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Beyond COVID-19: Politics, legal news grabbed 2020 headlines

By William J. Kole Dec. 21, 2020 08:49 AM EST

FILE - In this March 12, 2019 file photo, Martin Fox, from a private tennis academy in Houston, arrives at federal court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Fox, the former president of a private tennis club in Texas was sentenced Friday, Nov. 13, 2020 to three months in prison followed by three months in home confinement for his role in the sweeping college admissions bribery scheme. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Ex-tennis club chief gets 3 months in prison in college scam

Nov. 13, 2020 04:45 PM EST

FILE - In this June 10, 2020, file photo, Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, left, receives congratulations from fellow Assembly members Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, center, and Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, after the Assembly approved her measure to place a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 3, 2020 ballot to let voters decide if the state should overturn its ban on affirmative action programs, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. A national awakening on race has driven a well-funded campaign in California to reinstate affirmative action in public hiring, contracting and college admissions. Voters are deciding Tuesday whether to allow the nation's most populated state to grant preferential treatment based on race and gender. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Politically liberal California rejects affirmative action

By Janie Har Nov. 04, 2020 03:20 AM EST

The Latest: California affirmative action measure trailing

Nov. 03, 2020 10:31 AM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the California election (all times local): 1:10 a.m. A ballot measure to reinstate...

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2019, file photo, actress Lori Loughlin departs federal court in Boston, after a hearing in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Authorities say the “Full House” actress has reported to a federal prison in California to begin serving her two-month sentence for her role in the college admissions bribery scandal. The U.S. Attorney's office in Boston said Friday that Loughlin was being processed at the federal lockup in Dublin, California. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Actor Lori Loughlin reports to prison in college scam

By Alanna Durkin Richer And Michael Balsamo Oct. 30, 2020 02:18 PM EDT

Employee of college bribery scheme mastermind pleads guilty

Oct. 01, 2020 04:34 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — A former employee of the mastermind of the college admissions bribery scheme pleaded guilty Thursday for her role in the scam. ...

LSU sees record enrollment despite the coronavirus pandemic

Sep. 26, 2020 10:19 AM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Even with the coronavirus pandemic, Louisiana State University enrollment has reached an all-time high for the fall semester, with more...

FILE - In this March 25, 2019, file photo, Niki Williams, right, a college entrance exam administrator, arrives at federal court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Williams is scheduled to plead guilty to charges on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Former exam administrator pleads guilty in college scam

Sep. 25, 2020 04:39 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 3, 2019 file photo, actress Lori Loughlin, front, and husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, left, depart federal court in Boston after facing charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. The famous couple pleaded guilty to charges in May 2020, and are scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Loughlin, Giannulli get prison time in college bribery plot

By Alanna Durkin Richer Aug. 21, 2020 01:01 AM EDT