Orientation at Boston College — a time when incoming students register for classes, meet peers and learn about campus resources — lasts three days. The school year at this Jesuit Catholic university ...

First-year composition courses, which are required of incoming students at many colleges and universities, lack cachet. No student gets excited about a comp class, and the faculty who teach these ...

During the last week of classes for the fall semester, two first-year seminars gathered together for an interactive joint ...

Yale College in August welcomed 1,640 new first-year students to New Haven as members of the Class of 2029. They were joined by 34 new transfer students and 28 new adult students matriculating through ...

Princeton continues to enhance its groundbreaking financial aid program as it welcomes a first-year class with the largest-ever number of lower-income students. The financial aid enhancements reflect ...

Xavier University's incoming freshman class is expected to be about 17% smaller than last year's. The university cites declining numbers of 18-year-olds, changing attitudes toward higher education, ...

Boston College continues to demonstrate success in recruiting and enrolling some of the nation’s most academically talented students, as evidenced by the current first-year class, according to senior ...