The largest changes in college enrollment by black students have nothing to do with Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023), which banned affirmative action (“diversity”) in undergraduate admissions. SFFA…
Following complaints about unhealthy residence-hall living conditions, as well as protests that resulted in the arrests of a professor and others, N.C. Central University has completed what it calls “one…
Buried in a recent report from the Economic Innovation Group is a statistic that should make every university administrator in America lose sleep: Foreign-born workers who arrived in the U.S.…
Thinking about earning a bachelor of science in food and beverage entrepreneurship, with a minor in gender studies? Johnson & Wales University might be just the place for you. This…
The U.S. population is aging. By 2034, the number of people over 65 will be greater than the number under 18 for the first time in United States history. At…
My friend James Creigh recently alerted me to a new study showing that relatively young (18-to-40-year-old) American women who consider themselves “liberal” are more than twice as likely to be…
The already competitive higher-ed marketplace is on the cusp of becoming even more challenging for colleges as they fight to pull from a dwindling pool of eligible students. With the…
The aftermath of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) has put a spotlight on the capriciousness of admissions practices at selective colleges. In…
A combination of falling demand and higher costs created a “tough year” for colleges in fiscal 2023. Recent reports by S&P Global Ratings found that median full-time-equivalent enrollment fell 0.8…
The number of students enrolling in graduate school is steadily declining, according to a recent report by the Council of Graduate Schools. Although grad-school enrollment increased by six percent between…