To stressed-out parents and students, MIT admissions dean Marilee Jones was a rare voice of reason in the high-pressure world of college admissions. With colleges demanding kids who play sports, run ...

Marilee Jones, one of the nation’s most prominent admissions officers, resigned as dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this week after admitting that she had falsified her ...

I stumbled across an MIT application form from 50 years ago. You might be surprised by what has—and hasn’t—changed. Until last fall, for as long as there had been an admissions office at MIT (nearly a ...