Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to restore $750 million in federal funding that was suspended over government allegations of "unlawful discrimination."
Food and housing insecurity, among other issues, are imperiling students' chances of earning a credential following the expiration of pandemic-era emergency funding, according to The Hope Center.
Overall freshman enrollment declined by 5%, according to recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. While it's difficult to pinpoint the exact cause or causes, many experts believe the troubled 2024-2025 "Better FAFSA" rollout contributed to the freshman enrollment decline.
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.
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.
A flood of college rankings have hit higher ed over the last several months, with varying degrees of acceptance or rejection. It's more of the latter emotion for one sector of higher ed.
U.S. News & World Report's latest college rankings are out and a handful of institutions rocketed up the charts thanks to a formula tilted more in favor of schools that succeed in enrolling and graduating students from all backgrounds.
The Stanfords and Yales of higher education may help some of America's low-income students prosper, but new data from Third Way shows which institutions have the biggest impact on the nation's must vulnerable.
