Posts Tagged ‘enrollment’
NACAC Reports 22 New England Campuses Still Considering Applications
by Wendy A. Lindsay
May 6, 2013
The traditional May 1 deadline arrived last week. That's the date many colleges require students who have been accepted for admission to pay a deposit indicating their commitment to enroll in the fall. Based on the number of commitments they receive, the colleges then decide whether they are in a position to consider additional applications for ...
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No Vacancy (Survey, That Is)
by John O. Harney
May 15, 2012
NEBHE conducted a Student Vacancy Survey every spring from 1960 to 2009 as a public service for New England residents still looking for college space as of the traditional May 1 admissions deadline and as a measure of college application trends.
A few years ago, we determined to ease out of the vacancy survey ...
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Trends & Indicators: Enrollment Period
by John O. Harney
December 21, 2011
Updated December 2011 ...
Since NEBHE began publishing tables and charts exploring “Trends & Indicators” in New England higher education more than a half-century ago, few figures have grabbed as much attention as college enrollment data. These local, state, regional and national data go beyond simple headcounts of students going to college to tell the ...
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Down Economy Still Shaping College Enrollment, Consulting Firm Says
by John O. Harney
July 13, 2011
Two years after the depth of the Great Recession, the economy is still a major factor in college-enrollment decisions, according to a new survey by Concord, Mass.-based Maguire Associates and Fastweb.com.
Nearly one-third of high school seniors who did not enroll in their first-choice college said the main reason was that they could not afford it, ...
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Doing Good and Doing Well: Performance-Based Funding in Higher Ed
by David Mabe
March 31, 2011
The New England Board of Higher Education released a policy brief that encourages states to tie a portion of higher education appropriations to institutional outcomes. Currently, New England states tend to apportion institutional funding based on enrollment levels—a practice that rewards quantity, but not necessarily student success and degree attainment.
From President Obama to private foundations ...
Read MoreTags: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, college completion, college success, degree attainment, Economy, enrollment, graduation rates, Lumina Foundation, national education agenda, New England Board of Higher Education, President Obama | No Comments
Despite Bad Press and Financial Hits, For-Profit Colleges Could Be Key Source of Transfers
by Darrell P. Aaron
February 5, 2011
In a recent article in Inside Higher Education, transfer expert Marc Cutright of the University of North Texas writes about the growing importance that four-year colleges and universities should place on students transferring from community college. Public colleges, led by community colleges, grant more than a half million associate degrees annually and the number grew ...
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Community Colleges Grappling with Rising Enrollments, Sinking Budgets; White House Takes Notice
by Courtney Wilk
October 13, 2010
In this recession, one market is thriving—community colleges. Just last week, the White House held the first-ever national summit for community colleges. President Obama proposed that by 2020, an additional 5 million adults will hold community college degrees and certificates and announced millions of dollars in privately funded grants. [Participate in our ...
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Trends & Indicators: College Success
by Journal Staff
November 6, 2012
Updated November 2012
New England’s traditional public and private nonprofit colleges and universities conferred more than 201,000 degrees at all levels in 2010—or more than 6% of the U.S. total, compared with the region's less than 5% of the U.S. population. However, those traditional public and private nonprofit colleges make up an ever-smaller portion of the ...
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