Admissions

Colleges and high schools need to change the way they are creating needless pressure on students, writes Jessica Binkley.

By Jessica Binkley

Enrollment at California Community Colleges fell even more last fall than an already shocking national average. Campus leaders hope to stem further declines as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

Desperate to slow the steep decline of entering students, community colleges are getting creative and offering scholarships, complimentary laptops and free summer courses to high school graduates who enroll.

University of Notre Dame Law School told admits to put down deposits before spots ran out. On Tuesday, seats went from 67 percent to 100 percent claimed in a matter of hours.

Low-income and first-generation students find it difficult to fill it out, and they fill it out themselves, EAB survey finds.

Survey finds that they want requirements -- and so do their parents -- despite actions in Florida, Texas and Utah that might make them impossible.

Far fewer students are transferring to community colleges this spring compared to the same time last year, a trend that mirrors overall enrollment declines in the two-year sector.