From an uptick in fall transfer students to a New York medical school going tuition free, here are the top-line figures from some of the week's biggest stories.
By the numbers
5.3%
The increase in transfer enrollment in fall 2023 compared to the year before, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The research center's executive director said this week that the increase, which represents an uptick of almost 63,000 students, is a sign of recovery from the pandemic.
$1B
The size of a recent donation to Albert Einstein College of Medicine, which it says is the largest made to an American medical school. The New York City institution will go tuition free in August following the record gift from its board chair.
25
The number of public Pennsylvania colleges that would be united under a new governance system proposed by Gov. Josh Shapiro. All institutions would be “equal partners” under the system, the governor’s office said, specifying that the community colleges would not be absorbed into the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
$49,120
The median earnings of graduates of four-year for-profit colleges. But that figure drops to $31,690 when data from noncompleters is included, according to a recent report from the Urban Institute, which argues that policymakers could be overlooking important data.
10%
An increase in state funding that would raise graduation rates at public four-year colleges by 0.59 percentage points, according to research models. A peer-reviewed paper suggests that the increase in appropriations would boost the graduation rates of Black and Latinx students even more significantly.
