In July, software engineer Julian Joseph became the latest victim of the tech industry’s sweeping job cuts. Facing his second layoff in two years, he dreaded spending another couple months hunched ...

Compared to 2019-20, the number of applicants to four-year colleges this year has increased by more than 285,000, a 28% gain. The number of college applicants through March 1, 2024, has increased by 6 ...

While applications to college for 2025-26 are up overall in this year's cycle, the number of international applicants has seen a sharp decline. The latest report from the Common Application points to ...

Lower mortgage rates prompted mortgage applications to increase 9.2% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s weekly mortgage applications survey for the ...

Falling mortgage rates have sparked a refinancing boom, with refinance activity now 80% higher than four weeks ago. Purchase applications remain strong despite seasonal trends, running 18% ahead of ...

The University of California today (March 6) announced that it received a total of 250,436 applications (206,893 for first-year admission and 43,543 applications for transfer admission) for fall 2024 ...

With the exception of Brown University, some other highly selective schools saw a record rise in the number of students who applied for admission. By Anemona Hartocollis and Stephanie Saul ...