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Falling Demand Quashes Hopes for British Enrollment Growth

Universities will struggle to grow their way out of current financial crisis as predictions of 350,000 more students by 2035 seen as unrealistic.

Report: USC Prioritized Wealthy Students as Walk-On Athletes

The University of Southern California admitted applicants from wealthy families as walk-on athletes for years, often after their parents made...
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First-Year Enrollments Take a Tumble

A year of blustery headwinds resulted in a sharp drop in freshman enrollment—the first since the pandemic, data shows. The FAFSA fiasco may have played an outsize role.

Rick Singer Leaves Prison and Plans to Resume College Counseling

William (Rick) Singer, who spent 16 months in a federal prison camp for masterminding the 2019 Varsity Blues admissions scandal...
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Opinion

How Hard Will Colleges Work for Racial Diversity?

Fall enrollment numbers suggest that achieving a racially diverse class isn’t impossible without affirmative action—but it is a lot harder, Jeff Strohl, Zachary Mabel and Kathryn Peltier Campbell write.

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Higher Ed’s (Anti)Trust Problem

A new lawsuit accuses 40 universities and the College Board of colluding to inflate tuition. Does it hold legal water or simply reflect rising indignation over college cost?

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‘This Program Exists Because of the Reinstatement of Pell’

A biology professor in Oregon dreamed of starting a degree program in a local prison just as Pell reinstatement was underway. Now hers is among the first programs where incarcerated students can receive the grants.

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Listen: A College Bridge Program for Incarcerated Students

In a new episode of Voices of Student Success, hear about a recently launched college bridge program that improves college readiness for students enrolled in higher education programs in prison.