With the Jan. 2 deadline for applications fast approaching, the dean of admissions at the University of Chicago sent out a sample essay last week to thousands of high school seniors in hopes “that it ...

One would think that DePaul theater prof Rachel Shteir had lined up our city’s cutest kitties and assassinated them St. Valentine’s Day style—or committed some other heinous crime—so great is the ...

Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid James Nondorf hoped to “lighten the mood” of applicants this December, distributing an application essay by an Early Action candidate who’d already been accepted ...

My colleague Anton Ford appears to misunderstand both the Chicago Principles, and their application to the recent protest encampment on our campus (“The Chicago Principles Are Undemocratic,” The ...