Tag: private colleges

May 20, 2022

Colleges have long used grants, fellowships and scholarships to entice students to enroll or help them afford the cost of college. The rates at which they discount tuition are closely watched in light of concerns about the cost and value […]

May 27, 2021

During the 2020 fiscal year, states spent $2.68 billion on private colleges and universities, the equivalent of $563 per full-time student across the country, according to a brief by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. Most of that money […]

June 11, 2020

A new Ithaka S+R report explores how to improve transfer pathways between community colleges and nonprofit private four-year institutions. It’s expected that some students will stay close to home and enroll in two-year colleges for the coming semester or two […]

April 11, 2019

Lapovsky, formerly president of Mercy College who is now a consultant for colleges and universities, takes on a trend that has been debated broadly in higher education as small private colleges in particular struggle to find a solution to the […]

March 22, 2019

The backdrop of S&P’s report is the challenging fiscal and market environment in which much of the higher ed world operates. The analysis found full-time-equivalent enrollment declined at 15% of private colleges and at 17% of public colleges for the […]

January 23, 2019

Last April, Mount Ida abruptly announced it was closing and offered students automatic enrollment at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Former students sued the college in November, claiming officials were aware of its mounting financial difficulties as early as 2014. […]