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Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Apr 2, 2025

College Admissions in 2025? Buckle Up, It's Going to Be a Wild Ride

The chart below shows why: Republican states ... of running a college keeps going up. Even with the financial struggles of private colleges and declining college enrollment, don’t look for ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Apr 1, 2025

Why College Freshman Enrollment Declined and What it Could Mean for Students

And now it's going ... College Coach, a college admissions consulting firm. "I think we lost a lot of students somewhere along the line in that process. They got frustrated. Eventually they gave up."
Icon for www.usnews.comU.S. News & World Report · Jun 21, 2022

College Applications Are on the Rise: What to Know

Every year, students spend hours in front of the computer formulating answers to college ... up. "There's so much volatility in admissions right now and it's really hard to know if you're going ...
Icon for nypost.comNew York Post · 18d

I’m a professor: Here’s why my college’s new radical admissions policy makes sense — not ‘sheep’

College admissions are broken — and everyone knows ... University of Austin applicants tend to be fed up with identity politics and looking for an alternative. Their personal statements are ...
Icon for www.nationalreview.comNational Review · Oct 14, 2015

Why Do More Women than Men Go to College?

In light of the rising value of a college degree, it’s just strange that men haven’t prioritized their education as much as women have. Why haven ... college enrollment. Growing up with ...
Icon for edsource.orgEdSource · Sep 27, 2023

Why enrollment is rebounding at California’s community colleges

Statewide data for the fall isn’t yet available, but enrollment in the spring was up 8% across the ... the fundamental question: Why have we not yet reached these individuals? When students cannot find their way to college, it is our responsibility ...
Icon for nypost.comNew York Post · 12d

How academic pressure and college admissions cause student stress

Ahana Gadiyaram reports on the stress college admissions ... I owe it to them to go somewhere good.” Due to the pressure to maintain their grades, most students end up working for several ...
Icon for www.usnews.comU.S. News & World Report · 19d

College Direct Admissions: What to Know

The economy is hot, go get a job. Why do you need college ... To learn more about the college admissions process, sign up for U.S. News’ twice-monthly Extra Help newsletter, which provides ...
Icon for www.theatlantic.comThe Atlantic · Dec 6, 2014

Why Getting Into (and Finishing) College Can Be Harder for Poorer Students

There are many factors that contribute to low college enrollment ... said. “Why not send a posse or a team or a group of kids together to college so they could back each other up?
The New York Times · 9d

With Black Enrollment Down, Amherst College Faces an Identity Crisis

Amherst was known for its diverse student population. Now it is trying to save that legacy without violating the law.
Icon for www.masslive.comMassLive · 10d

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

He knows which lawyer might represent him if he is picked up ... enrollment, Schuster said. A key fear in higher education is the “demographic cliff,” where there will be fewer traditionally ...
Icon for www.columbian.comThe Columbian · Mar 26, 2025

WSU Vancouver seeing slightly declining enrollment in contrast

The Clark College Chime Tower stretches into the sky during the first day of classes at Clark College in 2022. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files) Clark College’s fall enrollment exceeded the ...
The Gazette · 13d

More high schoolers taking college courses, boosting community college enrollment

Iowa’s 15 community colleges in 2024 made year-over-year enrollment gains in 2024 thanks largely to record joint enrollment by high school students wanting to earn community college credit at no cost to them or their families.
Icon for www.wsbtv.comWSB-TV · 10d

Spring enrollment at Georgia Tech up 11.4%, university says

ATLANTA — Student enrollment for spring 2025 is up across the University System of Georgia, but for one institution, growth was higher than all of its peers. At the Georgia Institute of ...
Icon for www.kcur.orgKCUR 89.3 FM · 25d

Several Missouri colleges are at serious risk of closure from a looming 'enrollment cliff'

The number of students heading to college ... in enrollment in the last 15 years. The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis published a watch list of schools that could potentially end up in similar ...
Icon for www.kqed.orgKQED · Mar 17, 2025

As Enrollment in Online College Grows, Students Wonder: Why Does it Cost So Much?

“Why does it cost that much if I don’t get meetings ... Another thing that could lower prices: As more online programs go live, they no longer require high up-front investment — just periodic updating. “It is possible to save money on downstream ...