NEW YORK, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 10, the College Board introduced BigFuture, its new free comprehensive college planning Web resource, at a panel discussion in Washington,

It's fall, and just as sure as the leaves change color, we know the U.S. News & World Report_America's Best Colleges issue is released and copies are snatched up as if it were the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. I'm not a fan of the annual college rankings.

Another salvo in the battle to gain control of the college admissions information process was fired Sept. 26 when a group of nearly 600 independent colleges and universities launched a new Web site that's being billed as a consumer-friendly source of information about the schools.

By Matt Krupnick It's the toughest time of the year for Lloyd Thacker to stand in a supermarket line. With U.S.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ It's the toughest time of the year for Lloyd Thacker to stand in a supermarket line. With U.S.