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What is a Pell Grant? A guide to eligibility, requirements, and how to apply

College Essay Guy

What is a Pell Grant? Unfortunately, far too many students who might benefit from this grant do not know enough about it. Because of that, weve put together the ultimate guide to Federal Pell Grants. TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to skip ahead) What is a Pell Grant? What is a Federal Pell Grant used for? Lets dive in.

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Enrollment Format Choices: Snapping Back to “Normal”?

Ruffaloni

million undergraduates made the decision to enroll in all face-to-face (F2F) classroom students in 2021, after 5.9 A number of these students enrolled in the “some online” category, but others did not return, leading to a continuation of the contraction in undergraduate enrollment. In the chart below, we see that while 4.2

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The enrollment cliff crisis: How to pivot, not panic

Niche

Were talking about that dreaded enrollment cliff , and its no longer impending. Higher ed has started to feel the brunt of a steady decline in enrollment, a trend underscored by recent data. The most significant driver of the higher education enrollment cliff is the sharp decline in birth rates following the 2008 economic recession.

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State Grants Support Early College at Franklin Cummings Tech

#LetsBFRANK: The College Admissions Blog

The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $8 million to expand Early College programs, including a $60,000 Capacity Grant to support existing Early College programs at Franklin Cummings Tech and an additional $100,000 Planning Grant for the college to develop an Early College program in partnership with CityLab Innovation High School in Revere.

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What Drives Graduate Student Enrollment Decisions?

Ruffaloni

RNL graduate student data helps institutions better target graduate students Cost and flexible program options are two of the biggest enrollment factors. Do you know why your graduate students choose to enroll at your institution? Five observations 1. The cost of the program is a driving factor for students.

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Projecting Graduate Enrollment by Format

Ruffaloni

What is the long term impact of the pandemic on graduate enrollment? I wanted to hold off providing an answer until we have the 2021 academic year data, knowing that the real answer will only come with a few more years of enrollment trend data. Source: RNL Analysis of IPEDS Fall Enrollment Snapshot data.

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5 Graduate and Online Enrollment Trends to Watch in 2024

Ruffaloni

Traditional undergraduate challenges remain National Student Clearinghouse 2023 fall enrollment data indicate that undergraduate enrollment grew for the first time in several years (+2.1%), but nearly all growth was driven by community colleges (+4.6%) offering dual enrollment courses. Source: IPEDS degree conferral data.