U.S. higher education possesses only four universities in the top 100, three less than last year, in Times Higher Education's (THE) Impact Rankings 2024.
For months, college leaders said Pittsburgh Technical College had no plans to close, even as financial and enrollment woes mounted, as employees and board members left, and even as the school's accrediting body warned PTC's days might be numbered.
In 2026, the high-school aged population in the United States will peak at about 3.5 million students and then decline by 15% in the following 18 years. This is the demographic-driven phenomenon that colleges and universities are calling the enrollment cliff.
Today, most large buildings are made of steel and concrete. But at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, a new 12,000-square-foot dorm was built almost entirely of wood.
For years, the University of Memphis has received praise for the success of its precollege school system, University Schools. But it hasn't been able to accommodate high levels of demand from families who want to enroll their children in the system.
Leveraging insights from Terra Dotta and Flywire, here's how colleges and universities can better support international students and distinguish their campuses from domestic competition.
The measures lay out scholarship programs which would require students, in exchange for financial help, to commit to working in one of those fields in Pennsylvania after graduation.
By following specific and proven strategies, the nation's colleges and universities can reassure nervous students, families and policymakers and build pathways to completion of credentials of value that can lift up individuals and communities.
Columbia's enrollment is down 36% from a decade ago, and the decline is expected to continue as the school has been forced to combine academic departments and consider cutting classes in artistic disciplines for which the school is known.
At Antioch, we are doing our part to deliver the core promise of American higher education. Members of Congress and the Department of Education must return the favor.
