Throughout the past decades, research has shown that student retention rate is greatly affected by the quantity and quality of interactions with peers, faculty, and staff. According to Charlie Nutt, NACADA’s Executive Director, academic advising is at the very core…
The US Bureau of Statistics reports that women represent 46.7% of the labor force, yet less than ¼ hold computer or mathematical occupations and only about 15% are in an engineering or architecture occupation. While 57% of bachelor’s degrees over…
Summer melt is an issue that admissions and enrollment departments are all too familiar with. “Summer melt” refers to students that have accepted an offer at a college and paid a deposit, yet they don’t end up enrolling in the…
Researchers at UCLA have been surveying incoming freshman across the United States for the past fifty years to better understand their backgrounds, opinions, and expectations. This month, UCLA’s Cooperative Institutional Research program, part of the Higher Education Research Institute, just…
The US Department of Education reports that approximately 400,000 children and youth are in foster care at any given time. According to a 2015 study, over 70% of 15 to 19 year old youth in foster care expressed a desire…
Pew Research Center estimates that nationwide, more than 2 million undocumented children arrived to the U.S. as children. That means that they have grown up in the United States, learned English, and integrated themselves into communities as Americans. Each year,…
For many colleges and universities, the season for admission offers is right around the corner. Now that the Admissions department has put in all the hard work to persuade the brightest students to apply, their work is done right? Not…
As technology continues to grow at a rapid rate, trends are changing every day, especially in the higher education industry. While it can be difficult to predict what exact trends and challenges we’ll face, we take a look at the…
According to recent reports, U.S. student loan debt is at an all-time high, totaling $1.3 trillion. It is estimated that the average Class of 2016 graduate has $37,172 in student loan debt, which is a 6% increase compared to last…
According to the U.S. Department of Education, an estimated 11% of undergraduate students have a disability. With the estimated undergraduate student population at 17.5 million in 2013, that means that over 1.9 million students have a disability. As more and…
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