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These 3 Colleges Are Closing. They Share Some Key Traits.
Cazenovia College and Finlandia and Holy Names Universities recently announced they’re shuttering at the end of this academic year. Their problems stem from falling enrollment. → Read More
Big Drops in Enrollment Hit Colleges in the First Fall of the Pandemic. Who Was Able to Bounce Back?
Search our database to see whose enrollments recovered, whose started clawing their way back, and whose kept falling. → Read More
After Years of Drops, Undergraduate Enrollment Shows ‘Signs of Recovery’
Freshman enrollment, up 4.3 percent, is a big reason why. → Read More
Where Applications to College Have Swelled During the Past Decade
Submissions to public and private nonprofit four-year colleges grew 46 percent from 2011 to 2021, according to a Chronicle analysis. → Read More
Which Universities Spent the Most Money on Research Last Year?
Most of the institutions in the top 30 spent $1 billion or more on research. → Read More
The State With Too Many Campuses
Pennsylvania’s higher-ed landscape faces steep challenges. Its large number of colleges relative to its traditional-age student population is a big reason. → Read More
Higher Ed’s Enrollment Fell Again This Fall, if a Bit More Slowly
A 1.1-percent decline, both in undergraduates and in total enrollment, suggests academe’s recovery has yet to arrive. → Read More
‘A Perilous Position’: Some Community-College Students Struggle to Meet Basic Needs, Report Says
Twenty-nine percent were food-insecure, and 14 percent were housing-insecure, according to the Center for Community College Student Engagement. → Read More
America’s Ph.D. Production Experienced Its Steepest Drop on Record
The number of doctoral degrees declined by 5.4 percent in 2021, according to the National Science Foundation. → Read More
Some High-School Grads Say No to College. Here’s Why — and What Might Change Their Minds.
Nearly 40 percent of respondents to a new survey said cost was the main barrier keeping them from college. But they also said money alone wasn’t the answer. → Read More
The Labor Market Is Hot, but Not for New College Grads
Since 2021 began, the unemployment rate for recent college graduates has surpassed the national average for all workers every month. → Read More
What ‘Back to School’ Looks Like This Fall
These numbers represent the ways that some campuses are seeking a return to normal. → Read More
These Are the Higher-Ed Jobs Being Refilled at the Highest Rates
Event planners, institutional researchers, and campus-museum directors were among the employees refilling campus jobs at the highest rates. → Read More
The Perilous Predicament of the Very Small College
Many campuses with fewer than 1,000 students survived the pandemic on fumes. What’s next? → Read More
As the Pandemic Waned, So Did Faculty’s Use of Digital Course Materials
When it comes down to choosing texts and other materials, print formats are most popular. → Read More
The College-Affordability Conundrum
Even though more states are offering free-tuition programs, higher education remains out of reach for many. → Read More
Oh, the Places They’ll Go With a Ph.D.
About 40 percent of those who earned doctorates in 2020 found jobs in academe, about the same share as those who were offered positions in industry. → Read More
Higher Ed’s Enrollment Crash Has Been Underway for Years
The slide began more than a decade ago. The pandemic accelerated it. → Read More
Drop in Spring-2022 Enrollment Is Worse Than Expected
Since the pandemic began, the number of college undergraduates has declined by almost 1.4 million students. → Read More
The Majors They Wish They Hadn’t Chosen
What would people change about their higher-education journey? A new report from the Federal Reserve Board provides some answers to that question. → Read More