As the school year was about to end, three friends gathered in the college counseling room at Foshay Learning Center, a K-12 public school near USC. Dozens of college pennants hung from the ceiling ...

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EdSource · California high schoolers get a crash course in finance Changes are coming soon to the University of California’s application for incoming freshmen and transfer students, offering hundreds ...

Russia to the United States, character dancing to folk dancing, competitive ballroom to jazz, hip-hop and ballet — these are the themes that 16-year-old Annie Novikov hopes to weave into the life ...

Olivia Brandeis had a vision for her college application essay: She would write about covering a racist incident as a student journalist of color at Monte Vista High School in Danville, a ...

Facing a future without affirmative action, the two most competitive Florida public universities are adding a new tool to maintain diversity on campus: an essay. Florida State University and the ...

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Essay questions about government efficiency and President Donald Trump’s executive orders will soon be included in federal job applications, the Office of Personnel Management announced Thursday, ...

University of California leaders are eliminating a years-old practice of requiring faculty job applicants to submit “diversity statements,” a move that comes after the Trump administration threatened ...