The Common App, the application that 1 million students use to apply to college each year, is making it possible for colleges to block a “race box,” the box a student checks to indicate their race or ...

The Common Application, which has more than 1,000 members, will give them the right not to see applicants’ races. At the same time, the Common App will continue to collect the information. The Common ...

Through a pilot partnership with the Illinois Community College Board, Sandburg is one of the first community colleges in the country where students can apply through the Common App, a platform that ...

The number of financially independent students using the Common Application to apply to colleges more than doubled between 2016-17 and 2023-24, according to a new report released on Monday. The ...

The Common Application, a platform where students can apply to multiple colleges and universities in one go, once carried the reputation of only serving students interested in private, highly ...

CARSON, CA - DECEMBER 17: Felicia Johnson, 32, a second year social work student walks to the bus stop after returning some books at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Dominguez Hills has had a 17% drop in ...

Data from the Social Security administration shows that attaining a college degree still increases one’s median lifetime earnings. College may not be the answer for every person coming out of high ...

When applying to college, many students and their families wish there was a magic solution to make things easier. The ...

A new report from the Common App finds that the college-transfer process, long promoted as a way to help disadvantaged students earn four-year degrees, disproportionately serves students who are ...

The Common App is a shared application system that is used by just under 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States, and roughly 70 international institutions. Last year, the Common App ...

More than 300,000 people this month received acceptance letters from at least one college or university in their state − before they had even completed their applications. The prospective students ...

Back in 1975, administrators from 15 colleges got together and decided to create one application that students could use to apply to any or all of their colleges. This was the birth of “The Common App ...