High school counselors can guide students with these online resources, which give all applicants the chance to find the right higher education experience, even when it’s located across the country.

The fall college-tour season is here once again. And for many prospective students — especially those who are first-generation and unable to travel — that means scouring institutions’ websites and ...

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Student guide Coreyn Kosik points out campus sites to prospective students during a tour of Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa. AP file photo For high school students who have the time and money to ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh. For ...

Online shopping got a boost from COVID-19, and that trend of buying without seeing in person has spilled over into far bigger decisions now being made by high school seniors. With student commitments ...

Colleges across the country stopped giving tours to prospective students because of the novel coronavirus outbreak, but that is only sparking the creativity of one high school counselor. David Wu is a ...

A little over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, high school senior Olivia Broderick got her acceptance from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and knew she’d need a campus visit to solidify that ...

Idaho colleges are reaching out to prospective students this week through a series of virtual admission visits. The Spring Higher Education Tours, which continue through Friday, are the first and only ...

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions has adopted several virtual alternatives for prospective students, following an announcement in August that in-person campus tours would not be allowed for the ...

With the pandemic curtailing travel and in-person campus tours, virtual campus tours surged in popularity last year -- but not all colleges welcome third-party operators enlisting students as guides.

For high school students who have the time and money to travel, visiting a college campus is the best way to get a sense of the students, the faculty and the feel of the place where they'll be ...