Whether by providing financial aid or direct admission, high school students are getting excited about these initiatives easing their entry into college.
Seven of the 10 institutions to sport the most distressing drops in Pell Grant-eligible students had a per-student endowment below $100,000, according to a new report from The New York Times.
VitalSource's Annual Course Materials Report found that about a fifth of all students now purchase course materials directly through their LMS rather than through standard retail options.
New America's "Varying Degrees 2023" survey found that 70% of Americans believe higher education will improve one's financial stability, but only 59% disagree that the state of higher ed is fine as it is.
A new report by Wiley found that half of today’s online students had previously stopped out of a college-level degree or program and one-third are first-generation students.
Money Magazine revamped its ranking due to the changing needs of average Americans looking for the best investment based on what they personally value amid higher education's inflated price tag.
Purdue, for example, has agreed to its twelfth consecutive year of freezing tuition, set below $10,000. The university estimates that this decision has saved students more than $1 billion on educational and living expenses since 2013. However, most public institutions cannot afford to set a tuition freeze without state funding.
Best Colleges compiled data available from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and Campus Pride's Index Score to map out the most LGBTQ-friendly institutions in the country.
More respondents chose a "college with the best program for my (my child’s) career interests" (38%) than they did a "college with the best academic reputation" (11%) as the two top factors in the selection process, according to The Princeton Review's 2023 College Hopes & Worries Survey Report.
