Latest News: Enrollment Management
U of Phoenix enrollment drops 42%
Student enrollment at U of Phoenix parent Apollo Group nose-dived 42% in the 3rd quarter of 2010. Investors learned that company executives believe it is only the beginning. The company expects those figures to fall as much as another 40% next quarter, and Apollo could continue to see steep declines for the rest of the year, executives said. The falling new student enrollment appears to reflect the company's struggle to financially adjust to new rules that bar for-profit schools from paying admission counselors based on how many students they enroll.
-htrnews.com
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
U of California reaps record out-of-state applications
Students are applying to the U of California in record numbers, with increases in freshman applications from other states and countries far outpacing those from within the state. The cash-strapped university has stepped up recruitment of out-of-state freshmen, who pay nearly three times the tuition that residents pay: about $35,000 versus $12,000.
-sfgate.com
Monday, January 17, 2011
Vanderbilt alters application after abortion clause protest
Vanderbilt U Medical Center modified its nurse residency program application Wednesday in response to a Christian group's complaint that the hospital was asking pro-life applicants to agree to participate in abortions. Vanderbilt employees can cite religious or moral grounds to opt out of participating in procedures that terminate pregnancies.
-tennessean.com
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Double-digit rise in applications
The U of Chicago received 21,669 undergraduate college applications, the most it has ever gotten for an incoming freshman class and a 12% increase from last year. Northwestern U said it received 30,529 applications, which represented a 10.5% increase from the previous year. The U of Chicago received 21,669 undergraduate college applications, the most it has ever gotten for an incoming freshman class and a 12% increase from last year. Northwestern U said it received 30,529 applications, which represented a 10.5% increase from the previous year.
-chicagobusiness.com
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Bill would ban undocumented immigrants from college
Virginia's Republican-controlled State Legislature is slated to consider a piece of legislation this session that would prohibit undocumented immigrants from attending public colleges or universities in the commonwealth. Similar efforts in the past have not passed.
-huffingtonpost.com
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Boosting freshmen math success
Arizona State U is partnering in a pilot math program with Knewton, a technology company that delivers personalized education online by analyzing a student's strengths and weaknesses and delivering optimum ways for that student to learn. The school wants to make sure freshmen go on to graduate, and research has shown that students who do well in entry-level math are more likely to persist and earn degrees.
-azcentral.com
Friday, January 07, 2011
University mistake sends disqualification letters
Officials at California State U-Los Angeles, have apologized to about 500 students who mistakenly received letters saying they'd been academically disqualified from returning for the winter quarter. All of the students were on academic probation, but only 164 students should have received disqualification letters.
-Washington Post
Friday, January 07, 2011
Suspicious substance shuts down admissions hall
At Georgia Southern U Lewis Hall, home to the Department of Admissions, has been quarantined after an employee reported receiving an envelope with a white powder in it. A hazardous materials team is currently analyzing the substance.
-gadaily.com
Friday, January 07, 2011
Where legacy rules
A Harvard researcher recently examined the impact of legacy status at 30 highly selective colleges and concluded that, all other things being equal, legacy applicants got a 23.3% increase in their probability of admission. If the applicants' connection was a parent who attended the college as an undergraduate, a "primary legacy," the increase was 45.1%.
-Chronicle of Higher Education
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Barred for killer essay, Iraq vet won't return
Iraq war veteran, Charles Whittington, who was barred from the CC of Baltimore County after publishing a provocative essay on killing says he no longer wants to return to the campus. Whittington says he provided the psychological evaluation requested by college officials as a condition for letting him return. But the college's VP of enrollment management said the evaluation was "not the documentation that was requested" and that the proper records had to be mailed by a "mental health professional."
-Baltimore Sun
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
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