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Access and Enrollment

Education deserts: How geography impacts access

Considering most students go to college closer to home, students in rural areas have far fewer college options.

How higher ed inequity persists in graduate school

The concept of college as the great equalizer suffers when it comes to lucrative graduate degrees, which are more often earned by students from high-income backgrounds, University of Kentucky researchers say.

6 key questions about nontraditional college students

If you take the University Business quiz on adult learners, you just might get some useful tips on marketing your institution and its programs to older students.

University taps centralized business platform to boost student retention

The University of Missouri solved a unique retention problem after recently switching to TouchNet solutions. The move allows families to refine budgeting for term bills, while hopefully prompting students to think twice before buying a nonessential item.

High school students in college: Where the classes are

Data on dual-enrollment program locations provide roadmap for boosting enrollment

Troubling trends taint record high for international students

The number of international students hit an all-time high, but overall enrollment only grew by 0.05% and the number of first-timers declined for the third school year in a row.
Tue Nov 19th, 2019

How colleges are navigating a new world of enrollment

Some experts warn of a looming higher ed enrollment bust, but applications are not down everywhere as colleges reach out to new groups of students.

Tue Nov 19th, 2019

How community colleges are kicking esports into high gear

Community college leaders are finding that esports raises the academic enthusiasm of current students and attracts more new full-time students to campus.
Fri Nov 15th, 2019

How will doubts around DACA impact college ‘Dreamers’?

Some 98,000 immigrant students graduate from high school each year, but the U.S. Supreme Court may be on the verge of ending the program that allows them to study and work.
Wed Nov 13th, 2019

You shouldn’t give up on the U.S. when Chinese enrollment drops

The number of Chinese students enrolled at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has dropped, but overall enrollment is up. The source of those students? The U.S.
Fri Nov 8th, 2019

How colleges are responding to the drop in Chinese enrollment

U.S. colleges are now recruiting in more parts of the world as political tensions have led some Chinese students to stay home or study elsewhere.

Fri Nov 8th, 2019