Education Dive
January 01, 2020 Enrollment Management Trends
There are many current issues affecting higher education, with a few expected to dominate the ever-changing landscape in 2020. Those include college closures and mergers, effects of deregulation, the 2020 election, adult students and online learning, workforce development initiatives, and scrutiny regarding standardized testing and admissions practices.
Education Dive
December 16, 2019 Enrollment Management Trends
The number of students enrolled in college has dipped below 18 million for the first time in a decade. Public two- and four-year schools saw enrollment decreases, but enrollment in privite non-profits increased, along with dual enrollment at public two-year colleges. Schools are looking to provide tuition discounts and financial aid for a larger number of students, as well as international enrollment to boost numbers.
Education Dive
December 05, 2019 Enrollment Management Trends
An emerging way to finance tuition, income-share agreements (ISAs) show promise for improving college access, retention and completion, but some argue that consumer protection guidelines are essential. Through ISAs, students receive financing for their programs upfront and typically agree to pay it back as a share of their income over a set period of time once their earnings reach a certain level. More than 40 colleges, as well as other education providers, offer ISAs, and interest is growing as the sector grapples with how to address the nation’s ballooning student debt load.
The Washington Post
November 30, 2019 Student Success, Value and Affordability
The 2018 federal spending increase for child-care programs has helped some colleges and universities provide child care for students who have children. However, this funding is not enough to meet all of the needs of the students or to ensure that their children have a spot in the limited number of seats in child care programs offered. Lawmakers and university administrators are looking to increase funding to provide more flexibility and resources to students with children.
The Hechinger Report
November 25, 2019 Enrollment Management Trends
Chile, a country with significant parallels to the educational system in the United States, has made college tuition-free. Their journey offers important lessons about the pros and cons of free tuition. The program has helped many low-income students attend universities who may not have otherwise applied. However, free tuition is not easy and is expensive to implement, and costs associated with attending college, such as rent, gas, and food, are not subsidized.
Chronical of Higher Education
November 18, 2019 Enrollment Management Trends
This special report, available for Chronicle subscribers, outlines five major trends in higher education related to current and projected cultural, demographic, and economic shifts.
Education Dive
November 08, 2019 Enrollment Management Trends
This trendline from Education Dive covers the topic of nontraditional students. Various articles discuss how colleges and universities are recruiting more students from this age group, implementing new educational models to fit student schedules, and adding services like child care support and guided pathways to help students complete their programs efficiently.
The Today Show
October 25, 2019 Admissions
Courtney McAnuff, vice chancellor for enrollment management at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, and Eric Sparks, assistant director of the American School Counselor Association, shared tips on a Today Show segment for navigating the college admissions process.
Harvard Business Review
October 17, 2019 Enrollment Management Trends
Since the 2008 recession, the fertility rate in the United States has fallen by almost 20%. Although prospective students in higher education have grown year to year, a decline will begin in 2026 (18 years after 2008), due to the reduced student pool. In order to offset the declining numbers, colleges and universities will need to shift their marketing and recruitment strategies.
Education Dive
October 15, 2019 Enrollment Management Trends
During the past two decades, federal support for higher education rose while state support dropped, explains a report released Tuesday from The Pew Charitable Trusts. Although states have historically accounted for the bulk of spending on higher ed, their per-student funding fell 31% from 2000 to 2015. As a result, the gap between state and federal higher ed spending narrowed from 100% to 12% during the period. Federal and state policy decisions will determine whether the “funding convergence” will be a “temporary or more lasting reconfiguration,” the authors note.