The private university has embraced its mission to serve all students in Chicago, particularly those from the Latinx community, and its enrollment and retention numbers underscore that commitment.
If colleges can learn anything from the Netflix phenomenon, it is that if they do not adapt to the current environment, someone will come along and provide consumers what they want.
Advocates say changes are urgently needed as the COVID economic crisis could create a historically large wave of transfer students, who are more likely to be Black, Latinx and Native American.
Students who don't get accepted on the first try may get a second chance through Utah State's expanded earned admissions process that seeks to increase access and get them college ready
The pandemic's economic impact has threatened small, private, liberal arts, tuition and discount-dependent colleges. But it may also provide an opportunity to reinvent and transform institutions into more sustainable higher learning enterprises.
MIT and two other traditional education powerhouses lead the top three in Money's annual study, while several state universities and smaller colleges fare well.
The coronavirus campus closures and wholesale shift to online learning have taken higher education to a turning point that could result in growing revenue and dropping costs.
The Pro version of the course communication tool includes a new active learning feature to replace tools such as iClicker, TopHat and Poll Everywhere, as well as a video office hours tool that professors can use to replace or supplement in-person office hours and host live review sessions.
