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    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
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    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 • Dec. 9, 2022
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    Enrollment and Retention

    A look at the pandemic's continuing impact on enrollment and how colleges can ensure students stay on course.

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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 • Dec. 5, 2022
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    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
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    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 • Nov. 29, 2022
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    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
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    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 • Nov. 23, 2022
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    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 • Nov. 22, 2022
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    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 • Nov. 21, 2022
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    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
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    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
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    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 • Nov. 16, 2022
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    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 • Updated Nov. 17, 2022
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    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
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    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 • Nov. 15, 2022
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    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
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    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 • Nov. 14, 2022
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    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 • Nov. 14, 2022
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    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
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    Women’s colleges are going co-ed to survive. Does it threaten their missions?

    The number of women's colleges has dwindled, raising questions about the best way to adapt to a changing enrollment and social climate.

    By Lilah Burke • Nov. 7, 2022
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    College leaders seek new enrollment, revenue sources in upcoming year, survey says

    Declining enrollment is a top challenge for over half of respondents to a survey from consultancy BDO. Most were interested in spending, not cuts.

    By Rick Seltzer • Nov. 4, 2022
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    Opinion

    How to fix segregation by college major and in the workforce

    Two experts at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality outline ways to address growing racial and gender segregation by field of study.

    By Laura Tatum and Natalia Cooper • Oct. 31, 2022