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DataHow Diverse Are America’s Campuses?
Race and ethnicity in undergraduate enrollment varies widely by institution, selectivity, and among two- and four-year colleges. -
College admissions
Florida Is Embracing an ‘Alternative’ Standardized Test. Will Other States Follow?
The Classic Learning Test has struggled to find much traction outside of Christian colleges. But its founder says the Sunshine State’s vote of confidence is opening doors. -
Equity in Enrollment
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Rip ‘the Bandage Off the Wound’ in Admissions. Healing Would Mean Many Reforms.
Race-conscious admissions programs were never an adequate remedy for the vast racial and socioeconomic inequities in higher education, a timely new report explains. -
The Enrollment Pipeline
Prospective College Students Increasingly Say They Feel Unprepared for Higher Education
The pandemic stunted some students’ academic and emotional development, according to a new survey, and made more of them question whether college is worth the cost. -
The Student-Centered College
UPCOMING: June 22, 2023 | 2 p.m. ET. Join us for a discussion with college leaders about how campuses can improve the student experience, from enrollment to student services to academic divisions to the president. With Support From Jenzabar. Register here. -
Rankings Rejection
Columbia U. Withdraws From ‘U.S. News’ Undergraduate Rankings
With weeks left for colleges to submit their data to U.S. News & World Report for the undergraduate-program rankings, the university says it won’t play ball. It is the first highly ranked national institution to do so this season. -
Doomed by Debt
The College That Mortgaged Everything
Loans were a lifeline for Finlandia University. Until they weren’t. -
Law and Policy
A State Changed Its Dual-Enrollment Rules. It Sparked a Fight Over Religious Freedom.
Two Christian colleges sued over a provision in Minnesota’s budget about campuses’ eligibility to offer free college credits to high-school students. -
Advice
Everyone Thinks They’re a Marketing Expert
An enrollment administrator inherits the marketing office and explores how to merge two very different professions. -
Data
Undergraduate Enrollment Stayed Steady This Spring. It’s Still 1 Million Students Below Pre-Pandemic Levels.
Community-college attendance, after seeing years of declines, is inching up.
