Confidence in higher education is slipping nationwide, in part because of the high cost of obtaining a degree and questions about whether it pays off in the workforce. Higher education experts say work-based learning programs like Drexel's could be part of the solution
About half of all surveyed private colleges and universities said their incoming class was "more difficult" to fill, and 44% reported a smaller incoming class, according to a survey from NAICU.
An enrollment cliff or enrollment shift? See how this private liberal arts university bucked a defunct recruitment strategy to make way for 'modern learners.'
Education is about learning—facts, skills, concepts, research, culture, analysis and inspiration. It is supposed to enrich our lives and make us better citizens and independent thinkers. But over the last decade and a half, the goal of learning has given way to proxies for learning: grades and degrees. The unfortunate result has been inflation of both.
For only the second time in history, state funding to public colleges in 2023 exceeded per-student funding levels unseen since before the Great Recession, new research suggests.
Tennessee high schoolers' historic interest in community and technical colleges comes during a nationwide decline in undergraduate enrollment among first-year students this fall.
Stopped-out learners' past-due balances often bar them from re-enrolling in higher education. The Ohio College Comeback Compact has helped 95% of eligible students return to their debt-holding institution.
Average in-state tuition at four-year colleges in Washington, after adjusting for inflation, is now 4.7% lower than it was in the 2019-20 academic year, according to the report published by College Board, a standardized testing organization. For two-year colleges, tuition fell by 7.1%.
