The state Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee gathered in a special forum outside of the regular legislative session to address challenges and innovations within college admissions.

Some of Connecticut's most exclusive universities have gradually grown even more competitive over the years, admissions data over the last decade indicates. As universities across the country prepare ...

Connecticut lawmakers are considering banning the use of legacy and donor preferences in admissions to all colleges and universities across the state, including private ones like Yale University ...

Connecticut lawmakers are considering banning the use of legacy and donor preferences in admissions to all colleges and universities across the state, including private ones like Yale University.

Wesleyan University president Michael S. Roth released a statement, saying legacy status has played “a negligible role” in its admissions process for many years, but the university feels it is ...

At the University of Connecticut, Mr. Granger said that a diversity leadership program, UConn Summer Lead, which hosts mostly students from underserved groups, might have to be revised.

Wesleyan University in Connecticut has become the latest school to end a policy of giving preferential treatment in admissions to those whose families have historical ties to the school.

Wesleyan University will end its practice of legacy admissions, which gives preference to children of alumni. This comes after the Supreme Court's decision to ban race-conscious college admissions.

After four years of a test-optional policy, Yale University has reinstated its standardized test requirement for first-year and transfer applicants. The policy will be in effect for prospective ...