As colleges wrestle with fairness, equity, and social mobility, Harvard University’s legacy admissions policy remains a relic. Favoring alumni children undermines the meritocracy Harvard claims to ...

Harvard College will require applicants to the Class of 2029 to answer a question about a time “they strongly disagreed with someone,” the second year in a row the College has revised its application.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Admitted international students will be allowed to accept admission at Harvard University and at a foreign institution as a ...

Before he stepped into his new job as Harvard College dean in July, David J. Deming was a vocal scholar of elite institutions’ admissions processes, investigating how legacy preferences, athletic ...

*Harvard University’s newly released admissions data highlights major demographic changes for the Class of 2029. These students entered in fall 2025 and are expected to graduate in 2029. Black student ...

Admitted international students will be allowed to accept admission at Harvard University and at a foreign institution as a “backup plan,” according to an internal Harvard email obtained by MassLive.