Colleges are feeling the pinch as both enrollment and graduation numbers continue to decline. Discover six strategies higher ed can implement to address post-pandemic challenges.
Research Reports
The Pandemic and Economy Take a Toll on Enrollments
Will 2023 college enrollments stabilize or slide? The Fall 2022 Current Term Enrollment Estimates report sheds some light.
Latest COVID-19 Transfer, Mobility, and Progress Report Coming Soon!
The latest COVID-19 Transfer, Mobility, and Progress Report is scheduled to be published soon. The research helps to better understand the impact on transfers.
New Research: Fall Undergraduate Enrollment Showed Signs of Stabilizing in 2022
According to new research, Fall undergraduate enrollment showed signs of stabilizing in 2022, contracting only by 0.6% or about 94,000 students, compared to fall 2021.
A Look at the Year Ahead with Research Center Executive Director Doug Shapiro
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s Executive Director Doug Shapiro discusses his top takeaways from 2022 and what’s to come in 2023.
Finding Opportunities to Boost Community College Enrollment
To help stem their enrollment declines, community colleges must communicate their value with hard data on employment prospects and income potential writes eCampus News.
National College Completion Progress Rate Stalls
Progress in the national college completion rate stalls, according to the latest Completing College report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The latest completion rate of 62.3% is essentially unchanged from last year’s rate of 62.2%. This follows a 1.2 percentage point improvement over the year earlier.
New Research Network to Study Pandemic Recovery by Community Colleges
In response to the critical need to combat community college enrollment drops and learning loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Institute of Education Sciences has named the Community College Research Center (CCRC) to lead a network of research teams studying promising recovery strategies.
More Than 100,000 Students Experienced An Abrupt Campus Closure Between July 2004 and June 2020
“A Dream Derailed? Investigating the Impacts of College Closure on Student Outcomes” is the first in a series of a joint research endeavors to quantify the impacts of college closure on students’ subsequent postsecondary enrollment and completion.
The Evolving Pathways and Data Needs Beyond Today’s Measures
Learn about the Clearinghouse’s work to address the education revolution supporting evolving pathways and institutional data needs beyond traditional measures.