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Icon for www.msn.comOssiana Tepfenhart on MSN.com · Jun 30, 2024

The Unspoken Reasons For The Decline Of College Enrollment

These days, college isn't what it used to be. A study from Best Colleges notes that enrollment has been on the decline since the 2010s. Why are people avoiding a degree? Well, the answer isn't as ...
Icon for www.usnews.comU.S. News & World Report · Apr 6, 2023

Common Reasons College Applications Get Rejected

Applicants can increase their chances of getting accepted by understanding what college admissions officers most like to see on applications. Here are seven common reasons college applications get ...
The Boston Globe · 22d

The 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.
Icon for www.nhbr.comNH Business Review · 23d

(Opinion) Enrollment decline, funding challenges for higher ed

An op-ed recently published in the New Hampshire Union Leader (“Concord must stop strangling our state colleges” by Jonathan Couser ... This may be one of the reasons why enrollment numbers this year look like certain programs are over-performing.
Icon for www.mauinews.comThe Maui News · Mar 28, 2022

College enrollment still trails pre-pandemic levels

“The pandemic made college enrollment decline for everyone, but, as we know, from studying college enrollment in the pandemic effects, it didn’t affect everybody evenly,” he said.
Icon for www.usnews.comU.S. News & World Report · Mar 13, 2024

What to Know Before Putting Down a College Enrollment Deposit

Double depositing is when a student places an enrollment deposit at more than one school. Reasons can include indecision about which college to attend or being waitlisted at a more desirable college.
Icon for edsource.orgEdSource · Apr 22, 2022

Cost, emotional stress leading to enrollment challenges at colleges, study finds

About 38% of unenrolled respondents also cited family reasons, such as childcare or adult caregiver ... Another key to ensuring that college enrollment doesn’t decline further is making sure that the students who are still enrolled don’t leave before ...
Icon for www.masslive.comMassLive · 10d

Could Trump’s crackdown on foreign students exacerbate declining college enrollment?

At the same time that enrollment is declining for many institutions, more colleges and universities ... “If Harvard, for some reason, sees their certification revoked, that’s basically ...
Central Michigan Life · 8d

Board committee discusses international graduate student enrollment

The Central Michigan University Board of Trustees met in committees Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Among the topics discussed were declining enrollment, new degree programs, student-led engagement and continued progress on facilities improvements.
Icon for edsource.orgEdSource · Nov 4, 2021

California community college enrollment drops below 2 million students, more than previously reported

Adding to the confusion over the system’s enrollment loss, the Assembly Higher Education Committee in materials prepared for its meeting on Wednesday reported that the community colleges this spring saw an enrollment decline of 264,600 students.
Icon for www.altoonamirror.comAltoona Mirror · 15d

College enrollment declines across Pa.

The State Board of Higher Education met in Philadelphia Thursday as officials try to puzzle out a solution to the enrollment decline driving colleges across Pennsylvania to cut programs or shut ...
Icon for www.mprnews.orgMPR News · 16d

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.
Icon for katv.comkatv · 19d

Arkansas Baptist College president resigns amid financial crisis and enrollment decline

As challenges have resulted in Arkansas Baptist College declaring financial exigency, the institution's decline of enrollment is a stark factor. By the request of Arkansas Baptist College Board of ...
Icon for www.washingtonexaminer.comWashington Examiner · 20d

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 ...
Icon for www.nbcwashington.comNBC Washington · 16d

Howard U. program aims to reverse declining Black male enrollment at HBCUs

The efforts to recruit and retain Black men on college campuses stems ... the demographic made up 38% of enrollment. The study cited three reasons for the decline: inadequate K-12 preparation ...
Icon for www.wsbradio.comWSB Radio · 25d

East Georgia State College to merge with Georgia Southern University amid enrollment decline

SWAINSBORO, GA — East Georgia State College is set to merge with Georgia ... aimed at streamlining operations and addressing declining enrollment. Located in Swainsboro, East Georgia State ...