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What's happening with higher education enrollment? (Bryan Alexander with Doug Shapiro)

Higher Education Inquirer

This week, Bryan Alexander ( Future Trends Forum ) spoke with Doug Shapiro , Vice President for Research and Executive Director of the Research Center at the National Student Clearinghouse to explore the latest college enrollment and analysis. Related links: College Meltdown 3.0 Related links: College Meltdown 3.0

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Can Technology Help Community Colleges Avoid the Enrollment Cliff?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

A defining moment for higher education in this country lurks just around the corner. The supply of college-eligible students may never recover — at least not for the next two decades or until birth rates rebound to levels not seen since the turn of the century — so the stakes for how institutions respond could not be higher.

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Youngkin seeks to defund New College Institute in 2026 fiscal year - Monique Holland, Martinsville Bulletin

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Amid efforts to rehabilitate the New College Institute, Gov. million for the institute in the 2025 fiscal year but zero in fiscal year 2026. Glenn Youngkin this week proposed eliminating NCI’s funding in the second year of the two-year state budget. Youngkin’s plan would allocate $4.69

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New Student Retention and Admissions Strategies Focus on Tech

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Drones at college fairs, robot-guided campus tours and AI chatbot tutors promising personalized education are just a few of the technology tools universities across the country are using, all with a common goal in mind: to attract the next generation of students excited about tech as the enrollment cliff looms.

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Baby Boomers Turning 80: The Flip Side of the 2026 Enrollment Cliff (#medugrift)

Higher Education Inquirer

While COVID eliminated hundreds of thousands of older Americans from the dependency rolls, higher education experts have not expressed the profound effect that the Baby Boomers reaching their 80s will have on state budgets. In 2026, the year we expect an enrollment cliff, the first Boomers will turn 80.

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Never Ending US Higher Ed Enrollment Decline

Higher Education Inquirer

US higher education enrollment has been declining slowly and consistently since 2011. The declines have been small enough for many people outside of higher education to miss this phenomenon. In 2026 and 2027 we expect a more significant drop: a result of declining fertility rates during the 2008-2009 recession.

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Ucas plans to drop personal statements for UK university applicants

The Guardian - Higher Education

Social mobility experts welcome change in which students will instead be asked to answer three questions The years of sixth formers and their families agonising over personal statements for their university application forms will soon be a thing of the past, after the UK’s university admissions service announced they are to be dropped.