Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Students walk out of Johnson Chapel at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass., April 24, 2019. Amherst College will no longer ...

Amherst College, the perennially top-ranked liberal arts college in Massachusetts, announced this week that its longtime unofficial mascot, Lord Jeffery Amherst. The move comes after protests last ...

AMHERST, Mass. — Amherst College will no longer give admissions preference to the children of alumni, the school announced Wednesday, ending a practice that has been criticized for giving an ...

At élite colleges, there was a time when a brainy boy, one from a humble or upstart family, admitted thanks to his manifest talents, gained social status and career advantage by association with his ...

This week Amherst College announced that it was ending the use of legacy preferences in its admissions process. Its president, Biddy Martin, acknowledged that providing an advantage to applicants who ...

Amherst College in Massachusetts is welcoming students back to campus by implementing some of the most restrictive COVID-19 mitigation efforts anywhere in the country. Administrators will now require ...

It’ll look at infrastructure, housing demand, and economic development options ...

Amherst College will contribute $2.5 million to the town of Amherst over the next three years to support local schools, emergency services, and infrastructure. The commitment, announced by Amherst ...

Longtime Amherst College men's basketball coach David Hixon announced his retirement on Monday after 42 years and more than 800 wins. Hixon graduated from Amherst in 1975 and took over the basketball ...

Amherst College is celebrating its bicentennial this year. Two hundred years ago, it was founded to educate "indigent young men of promising talents and hopeful piety." Along the way, the college ...