enrollment Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/enrollment/ A Blog by ACE Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:59:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png enrollment Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/enrollment/ 32 32 Enrollment Trending Upward After COVID-19 https://www.higheredtoday.org/2025/02/03/enrollment-trending-upward-after-covid-19/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:59:33 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28984 Title: Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Fall 2024 Source: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center Total fall 2024 enrollment rose across multiple factors—including sector, selectivity, and urban-rural classification—bringing it closer to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Service. Compared to fall 2019, overall enrollment increased by 0.4 percent, and compared to fall 2023, it grew by ...

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]]> Troubled FAFSA Rollout Linked to Sharp Decline in First-Year College Enrollment https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/11/18/troubled-fafsa-rollout-college-enrollment-decline/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:12:27 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28926 Title: Fewer Freshmen Enrolled in College This Year Following Troubling FAFSA Cycle Author: Katharine Meyer Source: Brookings Institution, National Student Clearinghouse Research Center The rollout of the new FAFSA form last year triggered cascading consequences across the higher education community. The launch was delayed, customer calls remained unanswered, and the number of filings decreased by about three percent. As the form’s ...

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]]> The Shifting Demographics of College Enrollment from 2009 to 2019 https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/06/17/shifting-demographics-of-college-enrollment/ Mon, 17 Jun 2024 13:47:37 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28743 Title: Progress Interrupted: Evaluating a Decade of Demographic Change at Selective and Open-Access Institutions Prior to the End of Race-Conscious Affirmative Action Authors: Jeff Strohl, Emma Nyhof, and Catherine Morris Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce An uncertain job market and a precarious economy drove students of all types to enroll in postsecondary education during the Great Recession, ...

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]]> EAB Survey Reveals Key Satisfaction and Opt-Out Factors for First-Year Students https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/06/17/key-satisfaction-and-opt-out-factors-for-first-year-students/ Mon, 17 Jun 2024 13:26:59 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28738 Title: Adapting Your Enrollment Experience for Today’s Students: Insights from EAB’s Survey of 12,500+ First-Year College Students Source: EAB Authors: Lizzy Donaher, Michael Koppenheffer, Pamela Kiecker Royall, Anne Dodson, and Marquan Hamilton EAB surveyed over 12,000 first-year college students to understand their satisfaction, opt-out reasons, and behaviors and preferences across different demographics during their first college term. The results could help ...

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]]> College Football’s Unexpected Impact on Enrollment https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/05/24/footballs-unexpected-impact-on-enrollment/ Sat, 25 May 2024 00:09:24 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28698 Title: Institutional Effects of Adding Football: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis Authors: Welch Suggs, Alex B. Monday, Jennifer May-Trifiletti, and James C. Hearn Source: Research in Higher Education As higher education stares down a declining college-going population, institutions must grapple with how to improve or stabilize enrollment and ensure financial security. Football is seemingly inextricable from higher education and even more intertwined with ...

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]]> Fall 2023 Sees Increases for Community College and Undergraduate Enrollment https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/03/18/fall-2023-sees-increases-for-community-college-and-undergraduate-enrollment/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:27:52 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28559 Title: Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Fall 2023 Authors: Allyson Gardner, Mohamed Ibrahim, Sarah Karamarkovich, and Hee Sun Kim Source: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s most recent Current Term Enrollment Estimates (CTEE) report has yielded a range of insightful trends from fall 2023 enrollment, using data collected in mid-October. Undergraduate enrollment increased for the first time ...

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]]> Aligning State Policies, Federal Law, and the Needs of Today’s Student Through a National Dual Enrollment Strategy https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/12/17/aligning-state-policies-federal-law-and-the-needs-of-todays-student-through-a-national-dual-enrollment-strategy/ Sun, 17 Dec 2023 11:31:00 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=21743 Title: The Next Phase of Dual Enrollment Policy: A Vision for the Field Author: Alex Perry Source: The College in High School Alliance and Foresight Law + Policy The last two decades of significant growth in the number of high school students taking college courses have resulted in a new phase for dual enrollment policy. As of 2023, practitioners across the ...

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]]> A Close Look at Higher Education Enrollment in Fall 2023 https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/11/20/a-close-look-at-higher-education-enrollment-in-fall-2023-2/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:41:22 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=18040 Title: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s Regular Updates on Higher Education Enrollment Source: National Student Clearinghouse The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) continues to provide up-to-date enrollment trends to highlight disparities in pandemic recovery across differing student and institutional characteristics. The NSC’s latest report encapsulates comprehensive data concerning 9.6 million students, both undergraduate and graduate, reported by approximately 1,500 academic institutions. The data ...

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]]> Council of Graduate Schools Releases New Report on Graduate Applications and Enrollment https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/10/30/council-of-graduate-schools-releases-new-report-on-graduate-applications-and-enrollment/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:02:55 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=18019 Title: Graduate Enrollment and Degrees 2012-2022 Author: Brian D. McKenzie, Enyu Zhou, and Alessandro Regio Source: Council of Graduate Schools The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) produces an annual report on graduate enrollment and degrees drawing from its yearly survey of the same name, which is co-sponsored by Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). The CGS/GRE Survey of Graduate Enrollment and Degrees is ...

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]]> Understanding Policy Issues in Dual Enrollment https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/10/16/understanding-policy-issues-in-dual-enrollment/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:53:51 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=18012 Title: College in the High School Alliance’s Federal Playbook: 2023 Edition Authors: Alex Perry, Erica Cuevas, Daryl Hornick-Becker, Nick Mathern, Steve Voytek Source: College in the High School Alliance, in collaboration with Jobs for the Future, Achieving the Dream, and Foresight Law + Policy During the last decade, states, school districts, and higher education institutions have expanded access to college courses ...

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]]> National Student Clearinghouse Research Center Releases Spring Enrollment Estimate Report https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/06/12/national-student-clearinghouse-research-center-releases-spring-enrollment-estimate-report/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:50:02 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17960 Title: Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Spring 2023 Authors: Benjamin Berg, Shannon Lee, Beatrix Randolph, Mikyung Ryu, and Doug Shapiro Source: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center  The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center has released a new report that provides comprehensive enrollment data at the national level, including estimates for different degree levels, institutional sectors, enrollment intensity, age groups, gender, major fields, and state-level ...

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]]> Mental Health and Stop, Drop, and Enrollment Changes in Higher Education https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/04/21/mental-health-and-stop-drop-and-enrollment-changes-in-higher-education/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 16:14:20 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17926 Title: Stressed Out and Stopping Out: The Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education Source: Lumina Foundation-Gallup Lumina Foundation and Gallup have released a new report that provides insight into the mental health environment in higher education today. The report draws on data collected in the fall of 2022 for the Lumina Foundation-Gallup State of Higher Education 2023 study. This year’s survey ...

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