ASU announced last month that incoming freshman can now apply to the University via the Common Application in addition to the University's traditional application method. The University's adoption of ...

Students can now apply to 33 historically black colleges or universities by using one application and paying one fee. The so-called "Black College Common Application" is the brainchild of Robert Mason ...

The Common Application -- love it or hate it -- is a force in American higher education. It has been criticized for (allegedly) encouraging colleges to sacrifice an original essay question for one ...

Just for a moment, forget all the glitches. Forget the panicked high-school students who couldn’t log in to submit their applications or who saw their essays garbled. Forget the parents who paid the ...

Last December, the unemployment rate for the San Francisco and Oakland metropolitan areas went below 4 percent for first time since 2007. While an economic comeback is good news overall, it obscures ...