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Liz Willen The Hechinger Report has written extensively about how enrollment in higher education has declined. In fact, it dropped by more than 2 million students, or 10 percent, in the 10 years ending 2022, according to federal data. Now, it’s also getting easier for students to get into colleges ([link removed]) that were once far more selective, our Jon Marcus reports.

Some 87 percent of nonprofit four-year colleges in 2022 admitted half or more of the students who applied, up from 80 percent in 2012, Jon’s story notes. We’ll monitor the effects of this new trend, but you can also count on us for stories about ways colleges are evolving, via programs that stress work-based learning ([link removed]) , and opinion pieces like this one ([link removed]) focusing on embracing non-degree and skills-based credentials.

We also have our eyes and ears, as always, on the many ways education will potentially change ([link removed]) as a new administration comes on board, with our signature focus on both innovation — and inequality, which plays out in who gets access to the most challenging math courses ([link removed]) , as well as countless other ways.

As always, we love to hear from our readers, so please read and share our work, and if you haven’t already, take a look at our other newsletters ([link removed]) .

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Main Idea


** A trend colleges might not want applicants to notice: It’s becoming easier to get in ([link removed])
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As enrollment in colleges and universities continues to decline, they’re not only casting wider nets. Something dramatic is happening to the college application process. For the first time in decades, it’s becoming easier to get in.

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Reading List


** Three reasons why so few eighth graders in the poorest schools take algebra ([link removed])
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Surveys find access to algebra is only one problem in schools where teaching quality is ‘less optimal’



** Child care won at the ballot box ([link removed])
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In a divided election, child care, child support programs appear popular to all parties



** Some colleges have an answer for students questioning the value of higher ed: work-based learning ([link removed])
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Co-op programs that give students workplace experience while they earn a degree are getting more attention



** OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school ([link removed])
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A bachelor’s degree isn’t the only route to a good job



** OPINION: Why I view the ban on legacy admissions at California’s private universities with skepticism ([link removed])
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Until access to selective institutions is either fair or equal, the halo effect of elite universities may simply seem like ‘affirmative action for the privileged’

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