Universities are often excellent at accounting for what happened. We are less consistent at understanding what is happening inside individual academic programs while there is still time to respond.
Spring negotiations reward families with counselors and competing offers, while first-generation and low-income families see the sticker and walk away.
One-one-one support for Black and adult learners navigating academics and finances led to higher re-enrollment and persistence, according to this five-year pilot.
Annual spending on textbooks is about half of what it was two decades ago, fueled by growing demand for digital resources and discounted access programs.
