Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law banning legacy admissions at state universities and colleges, making Illinois the most recent state to pass legislation prohibiting the admissions policy. The law ...

The University of Chicago is pausing or cutting back admissions in several of its PhD programs as the institution continues to struggle with its finances. The suspension or reduction of new graduate ...

The University of Chicago will pause admissions for “a small number” of Ph.D. and master’s programs across several schools amid mounting fiscal pressures. All Ph.D. programs within the Harris School ...

A new initiative aimed at simplifying the in-state college application process for Illinois public universities comes as many colleges face enrollment declines. Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday announced ...

Sara MacKenzie, Executive Director for Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Illinois, tells Jon Hansen how Illinois just welcomed largest number of students in university history. Sara also ...

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The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was lit, COVID-19 was still a mysterious respiratory illness in Wuhan, and I was a Ph.D. candidate in a dying field: comparative literature. I was getting ready ...

The enrollment chiefs at Tulane and the University of Chicago attracted many early applicants. Now both of them earn a lot of ...

New numbers from two major Illinois universities show little change in enrollment demographics since the Supreme Court effectively banned the consideration of race in college admissions last year.