Researchers hope to boost community college transfer and make it more equitable

Leaders detail a new project disaggregating data on who transfers and earns a bachelor's degree. It also seeks to document best practices for colleges.

By Lilah Burke • Jan. 17, 2023

CFOs optimistic about their own colleges’ finances, survey says

Almost 9 in 10 financial officers predicted financial stability for their colleges, an uptick software vendor Syntellis called "optimism against the odds."

By Rick Seltzer • Jan. 10, 2023

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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

U.S. News & World Report reworks law school rankings, but Yale won’t return

Other law school deans aren’t satisfied, either. The magazine also said it has no intention of ending its rankings system.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Jan. 3, 2023

Fix HBCU underfunding with bipartisan legislation, report says

States like Maryland and Tennessee offer examples for how to fund HBCUs equitably, the Hunt Institute argues.

By Laura Spitalniak • Dec. 21, 2022

How can colleges adapt their financial aid offices for prison education programs?

A ban on Pell Grants for people in prison is ending. Replicating standard practices won’t work for incarcerated students, a new NASFAA report says.

By Laura Spitalniak • Dec. 20, 2022

Community college transfer gap challenges equity anew

InsideTrack's president suggests some fixes after the rate of women transferring from two-year to four-year institutions fell during the pandemic.

By Ruth Bauer White • Dec. 19, 2022

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

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