Applying early remains one of the strongest strategic advantages students can leverage in this hyper-competitive ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comment by Harvard University. After threatening nearly $3 billion in federal funding cuts at Harvard University, the U.S. Department of Justice ...

Harvard's applications dipped this past year following then-President Claudine Gay's House hearing about antisemitism on campus. Getty Images Harvard is learning an ancient lesson: You reap what you ...

BOSTON — The deliberations that take place inside 86 Brattle St., a red-brick building where Harvard University’s admissions committee convenes, have very much stayed inside 86 Brattle St. A federal ...

The Education Department is investigating Harvard University's use of legacy admissions following a complaint from advocacy groups alleging that the practice violates federal civil rights law. In a ...

Harvard reported a 17% decline in its early admissions applications compared to a year ago as the Ivy League college remains embroiled in controversy over its handling of antisemitism on campus.

A college admissions consultant is in "complete shock" as students are rejecting their early acceptance to Harvard for the first time in his career. "Virtually every student I've ever worked with who ...

Harvard’s undergraduate application now includes a question probing students on how they approach ideological disagreements. The question is one of five short-answer prompts with a 150-word limit, ...

Following the footsteps of its Ivy League peers, including Yale, Dartmouth and Brown, Harvard University announced that it is reinstating its standardized testing requirement in admissions beginning ...

Harvard still received more early action applications than Yale — barely — but its nonbinding admissions program drew less interest than in the past. By Alan Blinder The number of students who applied ...

Elite admissions anxiety has created an industry selling the myth of a perfect application. But that myth amplifies ...

New Harvard admissions data shows early applications have declined by 17% year-on-year. The applications were due November 1, before Harvard President Claudine Gay testified in Congress. It's the ...