New Orleans—Few issues spark debate like “fast applications” do, at least if you’re in the company of admissions officers and high school counselors. “There’s a lot of emotion around this issue,” says ...

As if the college application process weren’t complicated enough, there’s a new wrinkle. Instead of waiting for students to apply, some schools are actively recruiting. The “speedy app,” or VIP ...

Each day brings a flood of paper. On a Tuesday afternoon another wave of documents—high-school transcripts, test-score reports, letters of recommendation—has hit Drexel University’s ...