As colleges and universities grapple with declining enrollment and increasing financial pressure, a new report points to a collaborative solution: course sharing.
More than one in five graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Minnesota said they worried about having enough food until they had money to buy more, the university’s 2024 College Student Health Survey found.
More than three-quarters of employees said they learned more in six months at their job than in their entire four-year education, according to Hult International Business School and Workplace Intelligence.
Fall enrollment grew by 4.5%, mainly due to increases at the undergraduate level across all sectors and regions of the United States—and the continued success of certificate programs.
"We oftentimes don't think much about training with adults on social-emotional development, but we're not done growing," says Karen G. Foley, president and CEO of JPA Chicago.
As demographic data for traditional-aged college students continues to trend downward, institutions must realize that taking care of the "some college, no degree population" is the gateway to stabilizing enrollment.