Education

Enrollments still falling 2 years into pandemic

From Inside Higher Ed: “The post-pandemic enrollment rebound everyone wished for has not come to pass. College and university enrollments are still on the decline for most institutions, early data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show. Undergraduate enrollment across the board fell by 3.2 percent this fall, echoing last fall’s 3.4 percent decline. Since fall 2019, undergraduate enrollments have dropped by 6.5 percent. … A closer look at the data shows a more varied picture. Wealthy and prestigious institutions — public and private — have nearly recovered whatever enrollments they lost last fall. Graduate enrollments continue to climb … by 2.1 percent across the board this fall.”

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