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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. Out in the Midwest, the smaller liberal arts-focused Wheaton College missed its 2019 enrollment mark by only 20 students after suffering from a series of budget cuts last year. It’s proven to be the right call.

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Freshman enrollment is up for the first time since 2019

Inside Higher Ed

Freshman enrollment was up across all higher education sectors, with the greatest growth coming from community colleges, which gained 42,000 first-year students since last fall, an increase of 6.1 Some sectors saw marginal increases; enrollment at community colleges, for instance, grew by 0.4 and 2 percent. and 2 percent.

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As I take my leave.

Dr. Missy Alexander

We’ve invested in Public Health, Addiction Studies, and expanded our portfolio of nursing programs to create pathways from community college to the doctorate in nursing practice. However, when the world attacks “liberal arts” they tend to point to specific disciplines as no longer relevant or meaningful.

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Fresh student enrollment data suggests “encouraging” recovery

University Business

Although freshmen classes are still well below pre-pandemic levels, especially at Community Colleges, the fact that they are swinging upward in all sectors is a positive indicator for the future.” Liberal arts and sciences, which was the third most enrolled major, saw a sharp 4.8% bump in students enrolled.

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How colleges measure and prove their value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

If you’re a college administrator, you know about this data, or you should be aware now. If I’m a community college president or college president, I have data on all 50 of my programs. People often worry about liberal arts majors in these conversations.

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Leveraging PEP and EMI Data to Improve Institutional Value and Student ROI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 173 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Michael Itzkowitz

The Change Leader, Inc.

They also talk about the careers with the best ROI and how those with liberal arts degrees fare by comparison. Podcast Highlights Michael draws on his background as the former director of the College Scorecard program during his time in the Obama Administration to create user-friendly reports, utilizing the dataset’s 2,000 variables.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

This was back in the 1990s, so it was early for a professor outside of an education or computer science department to be thinking about such things. The focus of NEI will be on majors such as computer science and business, and eventually, broader areas of engineering and design. What a Neo-Cal State would be like.