The New York Times · 3dColleges Know How Much You’re Willing to Pay. Here’s How.
Schools turn to little-known consultants, owned by private equity firms, to find applicants and calculate scholarships. Here’s how that affects the price you pay.
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Forbes · 2dHow The Explosion Of Private Consultants Has Changed The College Admissions Landscape
The Ivy League and top tier college admissions landscape has changed dramatically since parents applied to college years ago.
Associated Press News on MSN.com · 4dA 180-year-old private South Carolina university is closing after a $6M fundraising drive fails
A 180-year-old private Christian university in South Carolina is closing at the end of the semester after failing to raise $6 million to keep its doors open.
WTKR · 4dODU sees increase in adult learners as traditional student enrollment declines
Old Dominion University is navigating several challenges as it looks to the future, including an overall decline in campus enrollment.
New York Post on MSN.com · 12dHow academic pressure and college admissions cause student stress
Ahana Gadiyaram reports on the stress college admissions are causing high school students at at Horace Mann in the Bronx.
College enrollment declines across Pa.
Enrollment trends Public and private colleges alike are straining under ... The system has been struggling with steep declines in enrollment at many campuses. The system’s 16 universities ...
WUNC · 4dEnrollment forecasts suggest shrinking share of NC students will be in public schools
Demographic research projects the percentage of students going to traditional public schools in North Carolina will decline by 2030.
al.com on MSN.com · 5dIs social media influencing the next big college major? This Alabama school thinks so
Students at Spring Hill College in Mobile will soon be able to major in social media influencing, thanks to a partnership with another private Jesuit college in Missouri.
The Asahi Shimbun · 9dJunior colleges pushed to close, impacting rural area students
The education ministry will review its enrollment eligibility requirements for financial aid after a larger than expected number of private junior colleges, particularly those in rural regions, learned they would be disqualified.
WFMY News 2 · 3dPrivate, charter, and home school enrollment set to grow
Enrollment in public schools has dropped since the pandemic. Parents are finding alternatives to public school like private, charter, virtual, and home schooling.
The Seattle Times · 6dWA college officials want this financial aid trend to grow
Each year, students in Washington leave millions of dollars in federal and state financial aid on the table. But the number of students filling out the FAFSA in Washington is rebounding.
The Boston Globe · 23dThe reason dozens of Mass. colleges could close within a decade (hint: it’s not Trump)
An existential crisis triggered nearly two decades ago has silently been creeping up on colleges: the so-called demographic cliff.
Orlando Weekly · 1dOrange County schools begin shedding teachers due to decline in student enrollment
“This initiative provides a new avenue for OCPS to promote its schools and highlight the strong educational opportunities available to students and families who live in Orange County and are not enrolled in OCPS,” Dr. Maria Vazquez, the county’s school superintendent, said in a statement.
Several Missouri colleges are at serious risk of closure from a looming 'enrollment cliff'
“The phrase ‘enrollment cliff’ just refers to the idea that we anticipated a decline in the number ... of just doing business for smaller private colleges,” Fougere said.
The Desert Sun on MSN.com · 6dThe list of 'new' Ivy League schools is out, but no California college made it. Why not?
Ambitious students no longer need to look exclusively toward Harvard or Yale. Forbes new list showcases 20 universities "eclipsing the Ivy League."
TMCnet · 4dThe Annual Bachelor's Market Update by Eduventures® Empowers Colleges and Universities to Embrace Public Discussion of Bachelor's Degree Outcomes
Eduventures' latest Bachelor Market Update helps institutions have the right conversations and decision-making around resource allocation, program prioritization, and speaking to the goals of today's prospective students – strategies that are essential to implement correctly with the arrival of the enrollment cliff.
Could Trump’s crackdown on foreign students exacerbate declining college enrollment?
While the peak is still on the horizon, enrollment declines have already begun — more than two dozen Massachusetts colleges have closed or merged. Most recently, Eastern Nazarene College in ...
Escambia County schools have lost over 4,200 students since COVID-19 pandemic
Escambia County Public Schools have seen enrollment decline by 4,227 students since ... already losing second graders and third graders to private schools. “Eight years ago, when I got there ...
With Black Enrollment Down, Amherst College Faces an Identity Crisis
Image Quincy Smith, an art major, said that gatherings of Black students at Amherst College feel different now in the wake of recent enrollment ... a cycle of further declines.
Ithaca Times · 12dIthaca College Works to Decrease Budget Deficit Through Revenue Enhancement
Ithaca College has been working with Huron Consulting Group since October 2024 to identify strategies to close the budget deficit through a balance of cutting costs and increasing revenue. Administrat
Missouri institutions prepare for looming "enrollment cliff"
“The phrase ‘enrollment cliff’ just refers to the idea that we anticipated a decline in the number of young people ... and then the overall cost of just doing business for smaller private colleges,” Fougere said. Both Sandler and Fougere agree ...
Student Visa Dragnet Reaches Small Colleges
The institutions contacted by Inside Higher Ed include underresourced regional public universities, private religious colleges facing steep enrollment declines and a few community colleges. Some of these institutions are supported by one-person ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education · 17dBuried in Debt, This Small College Says It May Be Headed for Closure
South Carolina’s Limestone University has for years struggled with enrollment losses and accrued debt, including from the federal government.
Wells College president was paid $310K in bonuses, despite school's enrollment decline
The Citizen reviewed tax filings from seven other small private colleges ... Tax records indicate the college has been losing revenue due to declining enrollment and became more reliant on outside ...
International student enrollment at US colleges under fire amid visa revocations
Hamas massacre of Israelis will indeed have a chilling effect on foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities this fall,” Brustein wrote in an email. But a sharp decline in ...
Texas university creates ‘the most meritocratic admissions policy’ in the US
The University of Austin in Texas (UATX) believes college admissions are “unjust ... after they raised concerns about the decline of free speech across college campuses.
Texas university argues college admissions policies are 'unjust,' touts new 'meritocratic admissions' policy
The University of Austin in Texas (UATX) believes college admissions are "unjust," so ... after they raised concerns about the decline of free speech across college campuses.
Rising costs, falling enrollment and Trump: It's a difficult time for Central Mass. colleges
Most Worcester colleges are operating with expenses exceeding revenues. The so-called "enrollment cliff" linked ... of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, a private university with campuses in Worcester ...
How tuition-free college programs can backfire: More generous aid ‘can actually increase inequity,' expert says
"Tuition-free schools can actually increase inequity," said Jamie Beaton, co-founder and CEO of Crimson Education, a college consulting firm ... did not directly address the issue of declining low-income student enrollment. Since the initiative ...
As college enrollment declines, interest in these majors is growing for the 2024-25 school year
For the past decade, college ... enrollment fell 5% this fall compared to last year, according to data released in October 2024 by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. This decline ...
Minnesota college enrollment recovers after a decade of decline
Colleges and universities across the state and region saw enrollment grow last fall — good news for the institutions after a decade of decline and further dips during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Opinion) Enrollment decline, funding challenges for higher ed
It is doing so even though there has been a dramatic decline in college-age students throughout the nation ... This may be one of the reasons why enrollment numbers this year look like certain programs are over-performing. Naturally, when forced to ...
Why College Freshman Enrollment Declined and What it Could Mean for Students
Enrollment rate declines were the highest among students of color at highly selective four-year private and public colleges. Black and Asian student enrollment at those schools decreased by about ...
As Enrollment in Online College Grows, Students Wonder: Why Does it Cost So Much?
Two-thirds of private four-year universities and colleges with online programs charge more for ... For the same reasons, many online providers have put caps on enrollment, limiting those expected economies of scale. “You still need advisers, you still ...
The 2017 Survey of Admissions Directors: Pressure All Around
But private colleges are more likely to either start offering or spend additionally on non-need-based aid for international students. Forty-six percent of admissions leaders at public institutions said they expected a decline in the number of international ...
College enrollment is declining. Is the botched FAFSA rollout to blame?
A new federal financial aid application rollout was supposed to streamline a complex college ... first-year enrollment fell 5% in the fall of 2024, and four-year public and private nonprofit ...
How College Freshman Fall 2024 Enrollment Increased
FAFSA completion rates and college enrollment ... Freshman enrollment increased overall among students of all races combined. At highly selective four-year public and private nonprofit schools ...
Fall undergraduate enrollment declines have slowed, but still ‘troubling’
The 2022 data show four-year institutions were the hardest hit: There was a 3.1% dip among private nonprofit institutions ... high school students helped to soften the enrollment decline at community colleges to 0.4%. Community colleges also saw a 1.4 ...
Enrollment quotas not met at 53.3% of private universities
The percentage of private universities failing to meet their enrollment quotas has been rising since the late 1990s alongside a decline in the ... has meant prospective college students are ...
Supreme Court rules against affirmative action in college admissions
The court’s decision will force colleges across the country to change their admission policies, including private universities in California that are free to consider race in admissions ... noting that there was a decline in freshman enrollees ...
The Great College Pricing Sham
At most private colleges and some public schools ... That disparity helps explain why most of the declines in college enrollment over the past decade have come from community colleges.
The enrollment decline challenge
colleges and community colleges everywhere have been experiencing a serious decline in enrollment that began before the pandemic and has been exacerbated by it. We at UH-MC are experiencing ...
Why Are Americans Fleeing Public Schools?
So far, data show that since 2019, private enrollment is up ... We’re doing this at the expense of saving for college and retirement. We believe in the public school system, and it was ...
A Guide to the Changing Number of U.S. Universities
"Among the private colleges, those most susceptible to ... for closure should look for red flags such as continually declining enrollment, budget deficits and a school's diminishing endowment ...
College enrollment still trails pre-pandemic levels
Grieger said the recent biggest impacts were “most severely felt” by private four-year institutions ... “The pandemic made college enrollment decline for everyone, but, as we know, from ...
Crumbling foundations: Declining enrollment numbers loom over under-funded humanities departments
The declining enrollment in humanities and the resultant cutback in ... Rising tuition, student debt and dwindling enrollment could spell doom for smaller, private colleges and mid-tier schools. The elite private institutions and leading state colleges ...