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For Many, HBCU Mergers and Closures Are Not an Option

As colleges and universities celebrate the beginning of another school year filled with promise and anticipation for many administrators, teachers, behind-the-scenes staffers and students, the excitement masks a growing sense of anxiety – especially among historically Black colleges and universities.

August 15, 2018

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Things an HBCU Enrollment Manager Must Know

Through trial and error, and ultimately wisdom, I have learned that to be an effective enrollment manager at an HBCU, effective communication, intentional collaboration and strategic coordination are essential to institutional enrollment success.

July 31, 2018

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Standardized Tests Now Optional at Indiana School

Students who want to go to college but don’t perform well on standardized tests – or just hate taking them – might be delighted by a new policy at an Indiana school. Ball State University in Muncie has become the first public four-year university in the Hoosier State to make the SAT and ACT optional […]

July 30, 2018

Benedict College’s Bold Move to Lower Tuition: Ask Us ‘Why Not?’

Nearly 150 years after its founding, with a bold approach to student success in the face of sociopolitical challenges, leadership at Benedict College continues to demonstrate a renewed commitment to providing access for students to become powers for good in society.

July 27, 2018

HSI Increases Reflect Growing Student Enrollment, Matriculation

New data analysis about Hispanic Serving Institutions from Excelencia in Education and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities reveals that such institutions are on the rise around the country, including in less-expected states such as Connecticut, Oregon and Tennessee.

June 5, 2018

College-Bound Public High School Grads on the Rise

BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana education officials say 23,517 public high school students who graduated in 2017 enrolled in college in the fall. That’s a record for the state. Tuesday’s news release from the Department of Education says it’s an increase of more than 500 from the previous year, and it’s up by more than […]

May 16, 2018

Report: New Mexico Public College Enrollment Dropping Fast

SANTA FE, N.M. – A recent decline in enrollment at New Mexico public colleges outpaced nearly every state in the nation. An association of state higher education agencies says enrollment dropped by nearly 5 percent at New Mexico public colleges for the school year that ended in June 2017. Statistics compiled by State Higher Education […]

April 25, 2018

College, University Enrollment Down 5th Straight Year

The trend threatens the national goal—already behind schedule—of increasing the proportion of the population with degrees.

December 20, 2016

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