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Everything is soooo different now than when we went to college in the ‘90s and ‘00s. From the Common App (yay!) to ...

Recent research shows the college application process has become a major source of stress for high school students. Over half rank applications as their most stressful academic experience, and nearly ...

I spent my freshman year of high school despairing that I hadn’t invented a synthetic human heart, launched a tech start-up, written an opera or raised $10 million for charity. I ran track, sang in a ...

Carleton College President Alison Byerly weighs in on the shrinking number of college-age students, and what it means for ...