College applicants worry about sharing their race, gender and immigration status.

The best essay boils down to the strongest argument. So, if you find yourself struggling to come up with one, drop the ...

OPM Director Scott Kupor's civil service reform plans have thus far been a mix of some good, some bad and some ugly. There's ...

Some students are still mentioning their race or immigrant status as the Trump administration cracks down on diversity ...

The Fountain Hills Protect Our Youth Coalition has announced that its annual student essay contest is open. Prizes will be ...

AUGUSTA, MAINE – Entries are now being accepted for the 2026 Maine Constitution Poster and Essay Contests. The deadline is March 13, 2026. The contests are designed to promote the history of Maine, ...

Attention high-school seniors: Deadlines are coming up! Polish your dream-college applications, hit send, and hope the admissions game isn’t rigged with “race proxies”! To stay ahead of the curve, ...

Editor's Note: This essay appeared in Cognoscenti's newsletter of ideas and opinions, delivered weekly on Sundays. To become a subscriber, sign up here. I’ve been to two middle school concerts in the ...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth story in a collaborative series covering the state of Northwest college admissions in 2025. The first story in the series was published on Nov. 3. For some college ...

For all their yelling about participation trophies and people receiving accolades they don’t deserve, conservatives will get all up in arms over a college student’s poorly written essay. Now, after ...

A psychology essay, written by a student called Samantha Fulnecky at The University of Oklahoma (OU), has prompted an online culture war. Fulnecky received a mark of 0 on her paper, which repeatedly ...

Two years after the Supreme Court banned the use of race in college admissions decisions and in the wake of the Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion, colleges’ use of ...