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On Tuesday, the National Student Clearinghouse released its Preliminary Fall 2025 Enrollment Trends Report, representing roughly half of all higher education institutions nationwide. The report shows total undergraduate enrollment increasing by 2.4 percent, marking another year of steady, modest growth and suggesting that overall enrollment is stabilizing.

Beneath that headline, however, the data reveals a meaningful shift in where and how students are enrolling. Learners are increasingly prioritizing flexibility, affordability, and speed to credential over institutional prestige.

Welcome to 2025!  It's a new year with a new administration coming in the next few weeks.  The past several years have seen a dramatic series of changes (and challenges) in the higher education industry.  Here are our 5 predictions for the coming year.

Preventing fraud is a significant challenge for most higher education institutions.  In order for a bad actor to attempt student-related fraud, he/she must enter through the admissions process.  In this article, we will discuss the impact of fraud, the costs, and how good (or bad) processes can affect an institution's success in this area.

Yesterday, the National Student Clearinghouse published their 2023 fall enrollment report. For the first time since the pandemic, enrollment had increased at higher education institutions. However, this increase has come from a very nontraditional source.

One of the more interesting aspects of working in the higher education space is the amount of change and innovation that has been occurring in recent years. Dual-enrollment programs is one of the more exciting ways that schools are re-thinking how they engage with students.

The Higher Education User Group's annual conference wrapped up this Wednesday. It was incredible to catch up with old friends, discuss challenges and trends faced by small and large institutions, and discuss how they are adapting to the changing world inherent in the industry. Here are some of my reactions and observations.

2 months ago (May, 2022), the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center put out a report about the recent drop in upward transfer enrollment. This is a significant issue for institutions who are already seeing drops in enrollment.

After participating virtually in 2021, it was refreshing to reconnect with old colleagues and make new connections at the 2022 FACRAO Annual Summit in Daytona Beach last week. 

This past April many community colleges across the county joined in celebrating Community College Month (#ccmonth). The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) coordinated a grassroots campaign to “increase awareness and understanding of the value of community colleges both locally and nationally.”  As we followed the celebration around the country, we wanted to share some highlights and takeaways from the great work these two-year institutions are doing.