Jessica Crosby is a freelance writer and former teacher with expertise in high school and college admissions. She creates content for education and personal finance companies and believes that all ...

Even though "opposites attract" is a common notion, it turns out people are more likely to match on a popular dating app with potential partners who have various traits in common with them. A recent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. The Common Application opened on ...

The Common Application, a nonprofit organization that runs an online admissions platform used by more than 800 institutions, wants to help more students get to college. To that end, the group said on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Colleges will soon have the option to hide students’ race and ethnicity information on applications submitted through Common App, according to the organization. The move comes as the Supreme Court is ...

The Common Application has just received a major setback in its three-year legal battle with CollegeNet, a software development company that creates web-based college applications. On Oct. 23, ...

If requested, the Common App will conceal basic information on race and ethnicity — a move that could help schools if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action. By Anemona Hartocollis Each year, the ...