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After a successful pilot, California is joining a growing group of states to extend proactive college acceptances to ...

California has become the fourth state to ban legacy admissions in the college application process, a practice that has long been criticized as favoring white or wealthy students based on their ...

The scramble of college applications is a familiar rite of passage for high school seniors. The December 1st deadline is ...

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California’s private nonprofit colleges will no longer be able to grant students an admissions advantage if their parents donated to or went to the same college after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law ...

So many hurdles previously stood along the route to college admission, it’s become a part of popular culture. “Everyone thinks we’re sadists—that we like saying no,” noted Tina Fey in her role as a ...

California's community college board is considering charging an application fee to offset the losses from financial aid fraud. According to California Community Colleges, the shift to online learning ...

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Senior student Daniel Alfaro, whose parents immigrated from Mexico and El Salvador, at Oakland Technical High School on Oct. 8, 2024. Alfaro is working to get into a prestigious college to study ...