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Looming Enrollment Cliff Poses Serious Threat to Colleges

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College officials call this demographic phenomenon the "enrollment cliff." Enrollments have been dropping for a decade and cratered during the COVID-19 pandemic. To make matters even worse, a dangerous precipice looms on the near horizon, a demographic phenomenon known as the enrollment cliff. What Is the Enrollment Cliff?

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CUNY Student-Mentors Boosted High School Grads’ College Enrollment

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High school graduates who got help from a college student as part of a City University of New York (CUNY) program were more likely to eventually enroll in higher education, according to a new study. Enrollment gains were higher at two-year as opposed to four-year colleges, according to the study.

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Why Campuses Cannot Put All Their Eggs in One Basket

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As noted in the third edition of RNL’s book Strategic Enrollment Planning: A Dynamic Collaboration , “Institutions that develop strong strategic enrollment planning (SEP) systems will have the best chance of capitalizing on an increasingly turbulent environment.” Diversification of revenue streams is one way to be prepared.

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National College Completion Rate Stalls for 3rd Year in a Row: Report

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million first-time students enrolled in college in fall 2017 — 28,500 more students than in 2016 — however, the completion rate was unchanged since 2015. in the 2016 cohort year to 43.4% for the 2016 cohort to 47.5% for the 2016 cohort to 48.7% The rate had steadily increased by 9.3 for the 2017 cohort.

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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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Penn State Cuts Over $100M From Budget to Address Financial Challenges

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Penn State is taking 18 months to respond to financial challenges, which include changing demographics in the state, a projected $30 million increase in healthcare costs, stagnant funding from the state, tuition rates that haven't kept up with inflation, and inflation costs for goods and services.

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Rising Grad School Debt Is Decreasing Students’ ROI

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programs have similar tuition costs, sometimes exceeding $50,000 a year and requiring approximately six years to complete. As of 2016, an average of 62% of graduate degree-holders had at least some student debt compared to 57% in 2000. To account for these costs, many students end up taking out loans.