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How Vermont is winning the fight against falling enrollment

University Business

Higher education enrollment at Northeastern schools has collectively fallen into a downward spiral since at least 2017, a phenomenon that has plagued every region since the pandemic, according to National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data. comeback, nearly recuperating pre-pandemic numbers.

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University of Rochester Black Studies Department to Accelerate Cluster-Hiring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Already having committed to making several cluster hires for the department, the university turned to the Mellon Foundation to help quicken the pace of expansion, said Dr. David Figlio, the university's provost. One of the goals of becoming and growing the department is to attract more students to the major, McCune said.

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Inside Higher Ed

Image: One-stop services are not new to higher education. A more recent trend is consolidating student services related to academics or health and wellness into a larger office or building. This model generates frustration and confusion for students, and the one-stop was a solution to points of friction.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

At stake is an institution’s financial investment in a new program and potentially the career outcomes of students, researchers said. Over all, they described “similar numbers of growing and failing programs” and suggested that lowering the failure rate “would be a huge step forward for higher education.”