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The Office of Personnel Management last month quietly sought to backpedal on plans to evaluate federal job seekers on a series of essay questions, after critics accused the measure of politicizing the ...

Here are a few points we’re looking for when it comes to these Boston College-specific essay questions. Required Essay: Please discuss how you plan to achieve your short and long term career goals ...

These writing supplements are usually shorter than the main college essay, but they're no less important, experts say. "Every word counts in getting your story across," says Deborah Davis, president ...

Even in a typical year, Aug. 1 is a big day for college admissions. It’s launch day for the Common App, the 1,000-member platform for college applications, and the beginning of many months of ...

Loyalty is important to President Donald Trump. Under a new memo, the president is attempting to weed out federal job applicants not in sync with his policies, according to Newsweek. The memo crafted ...

Earlier this summer, prospective students around the globe with an interest in the University of Chicago received an email with six unusual essay topics. The writing prompts included references to ...

With affirmative action outlawed, and use of SATs in decline, selective colleges are paying ever more attention to essays. ChatGPT poses a challenge. Seventeen-year-old senior Ethan Rivera is finding ...

This story has been updated at 1:30 p.m. ET. A trio of federal employee unions on Thursday sued the Office of Personnel Management seeking to excise essay questions recently added to most federal job ...

Applicants for federal jobs graded GS-05 were asked the question: “How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities?” Applicants for jobs in the Trump administration ...

As the government hiring freeze nears its end, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has released new guidelines for hopeful federal employees Anna Moneymaker/Getty New hiring guidelines from the ...