Letters of recommendation are important documents that accompany a student’s college application package. But students will also ask teachers to pen letters for scholarships, summer camps, jobs ...

A few years ago, I wrote “A Letter to College Students (From All Profs)” in which I provided advice to students about how to ask for letters of recommendation. Interestingly, just as students do not ...

Even for the highest-achieving first-generation students, counselors were less likely to include details about things like ...

Students should always ask for letters of recommendation in person. Waive your right of access, as well. Show admissions officers that you have complete faith and trust in your recommenders and ...

Letters of recommendation are a common and prevalent part of academia for many students. But this might be doing more harm than good. Remote learning has made this fact brutally clear ...

High school students get especially jittery about letters of recommendation because they never really know what's on them. They're one of the most misunderstood aspects of college admissions ...

The case of John Cheney-Lippold, a University of Michigan professor who declined to write a letter of recommendation for a student for admission to a study-abroad program in Israel and ...

However, until students notified Dean of Faculty Michael D. Smith of the problem in mid-February, it did not come to OCS’ attention that students could still access recommendation letters ...

It’s that time of year when faculty members have to produce the letters of recommendation that we’ve promised to write for students applying to graduate programs. The task can be a pleasure.