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First-year student diversity in American colleges and universities, 2018-2022

Higher Ed Data Stories

I started this visualization to show how first-year classes at the highly rejective colleges had changed since COVID-19 forced them all to go to a test-optional approach for the Fall of 2021. Note that I had colored the years by national trends: 2018 and 2019 are pre-test optional, gray is COVID, and blue is post-test optional.

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The last normal year: Freshman Discounts at Private Colleges, 2019

Higher Ed Data Stories

Different colleges talk about it differently, and even with this IPEDS data, it's impossible to be precise. But discount rate essentially calculates how much of a college's tuition revenue is offered to students as institutional financial aid. College X enrolls 1,000 students, and it charges tuition of $40,000. Sounds easy.

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This university says it cut emissions by 19% since 2019. Was it all changes in commuting?

Higher Ed Dive

Vanderbilt University chalks up carbon emissions cuts to efficiency, energy sourcing and, yes, travel changes. Here's what other college leaders can do.

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University of Arizona plans accreditor switch set in motion by controversial online college acquisition

Higher Ed Dive

The change comes after the Education Department in 2019 started allowing regional accreditors to recruit colleges outside of their historical boundaries.

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Report: HBCUs Received 178 Times Less Foundation Funding than Ivy League Schools in 2019

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On average, historically Black college and universities (HBCUs) received 178 times less funding from foundations than Ivy League schools in 2019, according to a report from research group Candid and ABFE, a nonprofit advocate for investments in Black communities, the Associated Press reported. billion from foundations in 2019.

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Freshman enrollment is up for the first time since 2019

Inside Higher Ed

million freshmen enrolled in a college or university last semester, a 4.3 million freshmen who enrolled in 2019, “this is a very promising sign for higher education,” said Doug Shapiro, the research center’s executive director. In 2020, community college enrollment dropped a whopping 10.5

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US English sector recovers 65-70% on 2019; Japan top source

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It also reports that the global numbers as of 2022 had “recovered 65% to 70%” of 2019 levels. However, when splitting students by provider, Japan topped the community college-governed providers and university-governed providers – but was only second in the fastest growing cohort – private providers.