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TWO Demographic Cliffs? The Enrollment Case for Diversifying Revenue Streams

Ruffaloni

Department of Education (IPEDS) projections for first-year students now, in 2020, and in 2016 in orange. Sources: Actual and Projected College Freshmen: Digest of Education Statistics 2016, 2020, 2022. Six states will see more than 7.5 Six states will see more than 7.5 Only nine states are projected to see growth.

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Admissions Changes at Catholic Universities in the United States

Spark Admissions

In recent years, Jesuit and Catholic universities in the United States have become increasingly popular among college applicants, including those who are not religious or follow faiths other than Catholicism. News & World Report , not making the national rankings until 2016. Georgetown University. Boston College.

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Understanding the College Planning Needs and Perceptions of Low-Income Families

Ruffaloni

Studies such as the World Economic Forum’s 2018 report found that it can take upwards of five generations for those born in low-income families in the United States to approach the mean family income. The gap for low-income students had reduced during that span but still remained 16 percent lower in 2016.

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$100,000 per Year! Rising College Costs and Student Loans

Discovery College Consulting

In 2016, when my first child started college, Harvey Mudd College in California was the most expensive college in the country, with a total cost of attendance of just over $70,000 per year. Much of this increase is due to a drop in funding from states following the 2008 financial crisis. declines in state and local funding.

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HBCU Students Relaunch College Newspaper After Yearslong Absence

BestColleges

Thanks to co-editors Mauranne Vernier and Kylar Gray, the paper, which stopped publishing in 2016, is thriving. There are an estimated 1,600 college newspapers throughout the United States. The organization had just successfully restarted the Coppin Courier at Coppin State University in Baltimore and was eager to take on a new project.

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National College Completion Rate Stalls for 3rd Year in a Row: Report

BestColleges

million first-time students enrolled in college in fall 2017 — 28,500 more students than in 2016 — however, the completion rate was unchanged since 2015. in the 2016 cohort year to 43.4% in the 2016 cohort year to 43.4% In the 2017 cohort of incoming first-time college students, 65.6% percentage points from 52.9%

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California State University Faculty Vote to Authorize a Strike

BestColleges

Faculty members across California State University's 23-campus system held a strike authorization vote from Oct. Faculty instructors across the California State University (CSU) system have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike over demands that include increased pay and manageable workloads.