From a study looking at why prospective students don’t finish their applications to Florida’s education board passing anti-trans rules for itspublic colleges, here are the top-line figures from some of the week’s biggest stories.
By the numbers
33,000
The number of students who were automatically offered seats at 13 institutions working with the Common App on a direct admissions study. The experiment, now in its third round, found students who received automatic offers were two times more likely to apply to one of those colleges than students who did not.
28
The number of colleges in the Florida College System. The state’s education board recently approved new anti-trans rules that will force these institutions to fire employees who twice use bathrooms that don’t align with their sex at birth.
24%
The share of prospective students who began at least one college application but didn’t submit any during the 2018-19 cycle. Researchers found essay portions may be one major barrier.
$13.7 million
The minimum combined budget deficit that two University of Wisconsin system campuses are forecasting for the 2024 fiscal year. UW-Platteville and UW-Parkside said they are considering layoffs, furloughs and early retirement incentives to make up for the shortfall.
6
The number of professors suing the leaders of the California Community College system over new diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility policies. The lawsuit takes aim at documents advising instructors to avoid inflicting “curricular trauma” on their students.
