The number of first-year college applicants grew across the board during the 2023–24 application cycle,according to the latest end-of-season report from the Common App. Over all, about 1.43 million distinct applicants submitted 9.47 million applications, an increase of 7 percent and 11 percent,...
A for-profit college based in Washington, D.C., that offered IT and health-care programs shut down in May 2023 after the Education Department cut it off from federal financial aid—one of 35 institutions in the last three years that have...
The report, prepared by artificial intelligence provider Ocelot, suggests that many higher education CIOs find themselves in a challenging position. Many are required to show how they support institutional key performance indicators, such as enrollment and retention, yet persistent...
“In my opinion, this was the most powerful finding in our student survey,” he says. “I can’t emphasize enough the impact of the power of choice. That is something that I think students are increasingly aware of and a...
To truly address the issue of credit mobility, we must take a hard look at the implications and contributing factors of the industry’s completion agenda. This agenda, which has effectively and necessarily laid the foundation for higher education’s focus...
The closure of the U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh may force students planning to enroll in American institutions to defer their places. The embassy in Dhaka has been closed or partially closed throughout July and August, following civil unrest across...
The first day of class, especially if it’s the first day of college for first-year students, is one of possibility smothered by anxiety. Every professor knows this. The students are excited but nervous. They rarely talk to each other—more...
Jewish college students have reported a rise in antisemitic incidents and fear on campuses since the Israel-Hamas war began last October, but only a small minority of their non-Jewish peers are contributing to the charged atmosphere, according to a...
The lawsuit that five students filed last month against the University of California, Irvine, doesn’t deny that their actions during pro-Palestinian protests last spring violated the institution’s code of conduct. Instead, it alleges that the punishment they received—interim suspensions—violated...
The University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will soon merge into one institution, the UT system announced on Thursday. The merger will bring together UTSA—a large research university...