New NACAC committee will add students to discussion of admissions practices

New group follows up on January report about barriers to equitable admissions. Half of its members will be students.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Dec. 15, 2022

Why one Ivy League university joined the move to ditch enrollment deposits

University of Pennsylvania was waiving its $400 deposit for about a fifth of its students. Abandoning it aims to reduce barriers for low-income students.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated Dec. 15, 2022

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Community Colleges

The nation’s community colleges look to innovative programs and funding models as they work to boost enrollment and stay financially afloat in the changing higher education world.

By Higher Ed Dive staff

Colleges seek growth from grad programs. Will that market ever run dry?

A new EAB report raises questions about whether colleges can continue a decade-plus of nearly uninterrupted growth in graduate enrollment.

By Rick Seltzer • Dec. 13, 2022

High-scoring students applying to selective colleges drive up applications

Most students still submit fewer than five applications, the Common App finds. But a growing handful submits as many as 20.

By Rick Seltzer • Dec. 12, 2022

Inside an ambitious plan to reenroll California’s stopped-out students

A coalition of higher ed groups will focus on outreach and coaching services for residents who are just shy of completing a college degree.

By Natalie Schwartz • Dec. 9, 2022

What can colleges learn from degrees awarded in the fast-shrinking journalism field?

Bachelor's degrees offer solid payoffs, while grad programs post mixed returns, researchers find. But many students don't go on to work in the field.

By Lilah Burke • Dec. 8, 2022

How many unique education credentials exist? More than 1M, according to a new count.

Nonacademic providers offer the most credentials, followed by postsecondary institutions. Researchers want more information.

By Rick Seltzer • Dec. 7, 2022

The year’s biggest higher ed stories — so far

These topics have resonated most with our readers so far in 2022.

By Higher Ed Dive Staff • Dec. 5, 2022

Are U.S. News undergraduate rankings at risk with the exodus of law schools?

Experts think the answer is probably not, but they see cracks in the foundation of a rankings system college admissions professionals largely abhor.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Dec. 5, 2022

Binghamton University and Broome Community College ask SUNY trustees to weigh integration proposal

The idea comes a decade after several other SUNY campuses tried sharing presidents, but leaders say discussions are still in an early phase.

By Rick Seltzer • Dec. 2, 2022

Why doesn’t the Education Department collect racial data on college applicants?

A new report calls for gathering deeper information on other admissions factors, too, like institutions’ legacy preferences and early decision programs.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 29, 2022

10 higher ed associations try to tackle confusing financial aid offers — again

A new Paying for College Transparency Initiative will try to make college financial aid offers more transparent. But it's not the first push of its kind.

By Rick Seltzer • Nov. 29, 2022

For-profit Pittsburgh Career Institute closes suddenly, citing ACICS shutdown

The institution said the Education Department’s decision to pull its accreditor’s recognition led to its demise.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 23, 2022

What changed in 2 years since Grinnell said it would try no-loan financial aid

Fewer students need to work on campus, the Iowa institution says. The no-loan policy comes as applications have spiked and its admit rate falls.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 22, 2022

Number of college applicants sending admissions scores hasn’t rebounded, report says

Data from the Common App shows far fewer students are providing entrance exam scores than before the coronavirus pandemic.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 21, 2022

More law schools reject U.S. News list, but publication pledges to keep ranking ‘regardless of whether schools agree’

Berkeley, Columbia and Georgetown law schools joined a roster of institutions rejecting the rankings that started Wednesday with Yale and Harvard.

By Rick Seltzer • Nov. 18, 2022

Illinois university to stop teaching at Wisconsin branch campus due to falling enrollment

A dearth of graduate students prompted Aurora University to wind down classes at its George Williams College campus. The site still has a conference center.

By Rick Seltzer • Nov. 17, 2022

Yale, Harvard law schools drop out of U.S. News rankings, saying they undermine legal profession’s tenets

The Ivy League schools’ rejection adds fuel to an already-raging debate about the rankings' validity.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 16, 2022

Common App expands program that offers automatic admission to students

Fourteen colleges are now participating in the pilot, which comes as direct admissions grows in popularity.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated Nov. 17, 2022

Northwestern responds to tech sector layoffs by easing MBA admissions

The Kellogg School of Management is waiving the GMAT requirement for laid-off IT workers.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 15, 2022

Over 1,830 colleges are test-optional for fall 2023 admissions

At least 90 of those institutions aren’t requiring the SAT or ACT through fall 2024, according to FairTest, a group advocating for limited use of assessments.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Nov. 15, 2022

Driving enrollment with multisensory experiences

As colleges and universities compete for a shrinking pool of students, a promising antidote to invisibility and irrelevance lies in time-tested strategies favored by viral brands: using the five senses to create experiences students will cherish, remember and favor.

Nov. 14, 2022

Roughly a third of medical schools have DEI incentives for employees, report finds

Two-thirds of surveyed schools have a plan to diversify faculty recruitment, but less than half of promotion and tenure policies reward faculty DEI work.

By Laura Spitalniak • Nov. 14, 2022

New international student enrollment surged 80% last year

Increases continued this fall as COVID-19 travel restrictions ease, according to a survey of more than 600 U.S. higher education institutions.

By Natalie Schwartz • Nov. 14, 2022

Why so many colleges have been resetting their tuition

Colby-Sawyer College is reducing its prices by 60% so tuition more accurately reflects what students pay. Other institutions are doing the same.

By Lilah Burke • Nov. 8, 2022