The Hechinger Report
January 16, 2019 Admissions, Enrollment Management Trends
As admissions officers in higher education begin to review applications for the Class of 2023, discussions of what it means to admit a highly diverse student body continue. Priorities and consideration for what diversity in admissions has meant in the past and what it will mean in the future remain in question, and pose unique challenges.
Education Dive
January 15, 2019 Student Success
A new report finds that community college transfers graduate within six years at rates comparable to their peers who attended a 4-year institution immediately following high school. These numbers are significantly higher for community college transfers at selective institutions.
Education Dive
January 07, 2019 Enrollment Management Trends
In the new year, colleges are faced with pressures including – but not limited to – financing, enrollment, and ensuring student success. This article highlights trends for college and university leadership to focus on as potential areas for opportunity.
National Center for Education Statistics
December 29, 2018 Value and Affordability
This brief explores the reasons why students may not fill out a FAFSA and reasons why students may think they are ineligible to do so. Among the findings, 65% of students who were in 9th grade as of fall 2009 reported they completed the FAFSA. Of the remaining students, 24% did not complete the FAFSA, 3% did not know what the FAFSA was, and 8% did not know if they or their parents completed the FAFSA.
EAB
December 29, 2018 Pre-College Outreach, Admissions
This report shares highlights from a recent EAB parent survey, and outlines what aspects of college and college planning are most important to parents. The report also provides comparisons between the importance of different factors to students and parents, and valuable perspectives on how to best engage parent audiences via recruitment marketing.
American Talent Initiative
December 17, 2018 Enrollment Management Trends
The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS)
December 11, 2018 Student Success
A new Institute for College Access and Success report details existing requirements that govern the calculation and provision of post-college employment metrics, documents weaknesses in existing data, and recommends federal and state policy changes to support comparable, accurate, accessible information for measuring post-college employment outcomes.
Inside Higher Ed
December 10, 2018 Admissions
Texas has a policy in place since 1977 that states that any student graduating in the top 10 percent of their public high school graduating class is guaranteed admission into any public college or university in the state. This has been working better than holistic admissions for high-achieving, low-income students. Although it is unlikely that this plan will work across all colleges, it is good to note that it has increased the diversity in Texas public colleges.
Inside Higher Ed
December 10, 2018 Research, Student Success
The number of doctorate degrees awarded in 2017 decreased to 54,664 from 54,862. Although the number of science and engineering degrees has increased, the number of non-science and engineering degrees has decreased. More interesting date patterns are explored in the number and type of doctorate degrees earned.
Education Dive
December 07, 2018 Admissions
The average tuition increase has fallen since 2014, perhaps because of the competition for students. High school graduation rates are also slowing down, giving colleges a smaller pool of qualified students to recruit from. Tuition and state funding may be lacking, but colleges are looking into raising funds in other ways such as philanthropy and investments.