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New Jersey Will Now Require High Schoolers to Apply for College Financial Aid to Graduate

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Students who are at least 18 years old, parents, guardians, or counselors can sign a waiver to exempt students from filling out financial aid applications to graduate. Phil Murphy signed a bill this month that requires 2023-2024 11th-grade students to complete and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or N.J.

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Fewer Colleges Require Physical Education Classes to Graduate: Study

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Roughly 32% of colleges require a physical education course to graduate, according to an Oregon State study. The study also found that 12% had a partial requirement for physical education. That figure has declined by about 7 percentage points since 2010, according to the study.

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Understanding the Journey: Exploring Graduate Student Mental Health and Well-Being*

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Graduate students face many challenges with work-life balance. Graduate students are the cohort often overlooked in the increasingly prevalent conversation on mental health and well-being. The study included participants from a mid-sized university in the Midwest, all of whom are pursuing a graduate degree.

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This Philadelphia University Is Offering All Eligible Community College Grads Half-Off Tuition

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Drexel University is offering a renewable scholarship to all qualifying community college graduates for 50% off tuition. Originally, the Drexel Promise was open only to New Jersey and Pennsylvania community college graduates. Drexel University is offering graduates from accredited U.S. community colleges 50% off tuition.

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TWO Demographic Cliffs? The Enrollment Case for Diversifying Revenue Streams

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Therefore, enrollment stability (or potential growth) will require institutions to rethink how they attract and enroll students in their programs—or lower their entrance requirements in order to fill their classes. We have dedicated tracks on undergraduate, graduate, and online enrollment, as well as strategic enrollment planning.

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Award-Winning Digital Marketing for Enrollment: RNL and Our Campus Partners Receive Five Gold Medals

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That requires great creative work that really stands out from all the other marketing messages that students see—and it’s what the RNL creative team does with each campaign they undertake for colleges and universities. How can you create winning connections with students? Talk to us today.

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Is an MBA Still Paying Off? Surfacing Useful Market Data to Inform Strategy

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After past presentations of business-only findings from our national graduate studies, we wanted to add something even more helpful: employer market insights. As institutions increasingly require that program additions, updates, or changes be informed by market data, the go-to source for the employer perspective is the U.S.