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Plunging Numbers, Rising Worries

Enrollment at California Community Colleges fell even more last fall than an already shocking national average. Campus leaders hope to stem further declines as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

Community Colleges Turn to New Incentives for Recruitment

Desperate to slow the steep decline of entering students, community colleges are getting creative and offering scholarships, complimentary laptops and free summer courses to high school graduates who enroll.

A ‘Bank Run’ at Notre Dame Law

University of Notre Dame Law School told admits to put down deposits before spots ran out. On Tuesday, seats went from 67 percent to 100 percent claimed in a matter of hours.

Why Students Aren't Filling Out the FAFSA

Low-income and first-generation students find it difficult to fill it out, and they fill it out themselves, EAB survey finds.

Transfer Enrollment Drops

Far fewer students are transferring to community colleges this spring compared to the same time last year, a trend that mirrors overall enrollment declines in the two-year sector.

Prospective Students Are Open to Vaccine Requirements

Survey finds that they want requirements -- and so do their parents -- despite actions in Florida, Texas and Utah that might make them impossible.
Opinion

What Admissions Decisions Really Mean

Patrick O’Connor offers three important things for students to remember about why colleges reject applicants.
Opinion

Who Gets to Be ‘College Material’?

Higher education institutions should reimagine the responsibility they have to ensure college is the true force for equity that it can and should be, Jeff Raikes argues.