Inside Higher Ed
November 07, 2022 Admissions, Enrollment Management Trends
A recent survey found that diversity among faculty and the student body is the top priority for students when searching for a potential college in which to enroll. Relatedly, only 9 percent reported receiving personalized and relevant outreach from prospective institutions.
Inside Higher Ed
October 24, 2022 Admissions, Enrollment Management Trends
Direct admissions kicked off last year in the United States by the company Concourse. This year, 125 colleges around various cities are making admission offers via Concourse. The Common Application is also experimenting with direct admissions, with 14 colleges involved this year.
Inside Higher Ed
October 13, 2022 Admissions, Student Success
The national average composite ACT score for the high school class of 2022 was the lowest in over three decades. The trend of declining average scores, however, began long before the pandemic. While more students took the exams this year, the numbers were still fewer than in 2020. There are also vast differences in the scores of students by race and ethnicity.
Higher Ed. Dive
October 05, 2022 Admissions, Enrollment Management Trends
Federally funded institutions must send their application counts to the U.S. Department of Education each year. The new IPEDS reporting policies could prompt institutions to examine the barriers for students to finish their college applications, which could help eliminate roadblocks that prevent underrepresented students from applying.
Inside Higher Ed
September 26, 2022 Admissions, Enrollment Management Trends
Diversity continues to be a top recruitment priority for university leadership. At the annual NACAC meeting, Admissions professionals across the country discussed efforts and strategies with an intentional focus on BIPOC enrollment.
Inside Higher Ed
September 12, 2022 Admissions, Enrollment Management Trends
U.S. News rankings will no longer punish schools where most student don’t submit SAT or ACT scores. In their new calculation, they increased the weight of high school class standing and average graduation rate for those schools that report SAT/ACT scores for less than 50 percent of new entrants. For test-blind schools, rankings value is equal to the lowest test score in their rankings.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
August 04, 2022 Admissions, Enrollment Management Trends
In the weeks leading up to the start of classes, a portion of students who commit to attend a given university will “melt” away. Lost students leave gaps in campus budgets and vacant seats in classrooms. While efforts from enrollment managers have helped combat some melt, additional strategies may need to be explored to keep students engaged with the university.
Higher Ed. Dive
August 12, 2022 Admissions, Enrollment Management Trends
The Common Application will expand a pilot program that offers students who create Common App profiles and provide their academic histories automatic admission to select institutions. Representatives from the Common App said students were more likely to apply to institutions if they received automatic admission.
Higher Ed. Dive
July 27, 2022 Admissions, Enrollment Management Trends
More than 1,700 colleges and universities are not requiring test scores for admissions, while a few test-optional institutions reverted to their previous policies. The significant number of institutions maintaining test-optional policies suggests the assessments will have a permanently diminished role in admissions.
Inside Higher Ed
May 09, 2022 Admissions, Enrollment Management Trends
Transfer student enrollment rates decreased by 6.9 percent over last year, and combined with the previous year, total transfer enrollment has declined by about 16 percent since the start of the pandemic. A decline in enrollment is a threat to upward mobility for student populations, though it does provide an opportunity for institutions to make a concerted effort to fix the transfer system.