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Admissions Changes at Catholic Universities in the United States

Spark Admissions

In recent years, Jesuit and Catholic universities in the United States have become increasingly popular among college applicants, including those who are not religious or follow faiths other than Catholicism. News & World Report , not making the national rankings until 2016. Georgetown University. Boston College.

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TWO Demographic Cliffs? The Enrollment Case for Diversifying Revenue Streams

Ruffaloni

Department of Education (IPEDS) projections for first-year students now, in 2020, and in 2016 in orange. Sources: Actual and Projected College Freshmen: Digest of Education Statistics 2016, 2020, 2022. Six states will see more than 7.5 Six states will see more than 7.5 Only nine states are projected to see growth.

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Howard University Revokes Diddy’s Honorary Degree, Ends Scholarship

BestColleges

Howard University is stripping Sean "Diddy" Combs of an honorary degree and rescinding all of his gifts to the university after a video surfaced in May of the rapper/music producer assaulting his former girlfriend in 2016. He helped establish the $1 million Sean Combs Scholarship Fund in 2014 and contributed to the School of Business in 2016.

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Understanding the College Planning Needs and Perceptions of Low-Income Families

Ruffaloni

Studies such as the World Economic Forum’s 2018 report found that it can take upwards of five generations for those born in low-income families in the United States to approach the mean family income. The gap for low-income students had reduced during that span but still remained 16 percent lower in 2016.

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Penn State Football Schedule 2024 & PSU History

College Transitions

Penn State Football Schedule 2024 – The Penn State Nittany Lions have been on the fringes of college football relevance for the past decade. Since 2016, Penn State has had five seasons of 10 or more wins, yet they’ve never made a College Football Playoff and have only beaten Ohio State twice in the last […]

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What Happens to 100 Students Who Start a Bachelor’s Degree?

EAB

DOWNLOAD INFOGRAPHIC Sources “ Completing College: Completing College National and State Reports – Fall 2016 Cohort ” National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (2022). “ Infographic What happens to 100 students who start a bachelor’s degree? Five years later, what has changed? Explore this infographic to find out.

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

BestColleges

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% in the 2016 cohort year to 43.4% In the 2017 cohort of incoming first-time college students, 65.6% percentage points from 52.9%