Education

Enrollment marches downward

From Inside Higher Ed: “Enrollments continued to fall nationwide despite a full in-person return to campus last semester for many colleges and universities, the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show. … Since the pandemic began in spring 2020, enrollment has declined by 5.1 percent across the board, with 937,500 fewer students enrolled at American colleges and universities. Undergraduate enrollment declined by 3.1 percent in fall 2021 compared with fall 2020. Graduate enrollment declined by 0.4 percent. It could be a while until enrollment begins to climb again, said Mikyung Ryu, an analyst and director of research publications at the research center.”

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