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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

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Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. Increased competition Community college enrollment is facing several new external threats outside of the traditional competition from other colleges.

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700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Here’s what that could mean for your institution

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Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. Once funding is restored, a staggering 700,000 incarcerated adults will become eligible for Pell Grants in the 2023-2024 academic year.

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Study: For Nearly One-Third of Students, Higher Ed Doesn’t Pay Off

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Some 31% of students are enrolled in programs that do not lead to a positive ROI. Department of Education's College Scorecard , among other sources, the report estimates the ROI for 53,000 degree and certificate programs based on student cohorts from 2015-16 and 2016-17. The median ROI for a bachelor's degree is $160,000.

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Formerly Incarcerated Man Earns Degree After Decades-Long Fight for Education Behind Bars

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When he persisted, Fordham said, the administrator told him that he could enroll in a 150-hour literacy program with the caveat that if I so much as missed one class, fell asleep for one second, I'd be thrown into [solitary] confinement. I remember sitting with an administrator who wanted to assign me to a grounds crew job.

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3 considerations for prison education programs

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Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs).

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Average MCAT Score and Scores for Top Medical Schools

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The average MCAT score for all medical school applicants who ended up enrolling was 511.9. The average overall GPA of applicants was 3.62, while those who enrolled had an average overall GPA of 3.75. However, osteopathic schools, which grant the doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) April and May 2015. April and May 2015.

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(Not) about me… and the blog 

Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

Otherwise, I hope they’ll give you a small sense of what we’ve covered over the last eight years.) For the last 15 years, I have had the privilege of leading Georgia Tech’s admission team and our undergraduate recruitment and review efforts (dual enrollment, transfer, first-year).