 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 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, and opinion pieces like this one 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 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, as well as countless other ways.
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Liz Willen, Editor
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