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Admissions & Enrollment

Our news, opinion, and advice stories about college admissions and enrollment, answer your questions, like:

  • Who is admitted to college?
  • Who gets a degree?
  • How are institutions ensuring that college admissions and enrollment remain equitable?
International
By Karin Fischer May 22, 2025
Foreign students make up almost 28 percent of its total student body. The unprecedented move would also force existing students to transfer or lose their legal status.
Advice
By Allison L. Turcio May 19, 2025
Used with intention, this tech will free up your time to do the human parts of enrollment work that matter most.
'Unique Needs'
By Eric Hoover May 12, 2025
A new report sheds light on a rapidly growing but often overlooked subgroup.
'Deep Loss'
By Alissa Gary April 30, 2025
The 180-year-old Limestone University is shutting down. “This is the first closure of this magnitude in our state,” said South Carolina’s higher-education commission.
Redefining Success
By Francie Diep April 24, 2025
New labels assessing colleges’ minority and low-income enrollments, and students’ later earnings, suggest a new orientation from one of higher education’s longtime arbiters of prestige.
International
By Alissa Gary April 7, 2025
Immigration authorities have also ended the legal statuses of some international students or recent graduates, often without notifying them.
February 24, 2025
ON DEMAND: Is student engagement on college campuses an outdated trend? Join us Thursday, April 17, at 2 p.m., ET for a Virtual Forum where we’ll discuss the future of college campuses and how student engagement can have a lasting impact. With Support From Sodexo. Watch on demand.
Q&A
By Eric Hoover March 25, 2025
The Chronicle had a candid chat with Melanie Storey, a former FSA director and the new NASFAA president, on a “destabilizing” time for the profession amid upheaval in Washington.
February 24, 2025
ON DEMAND: Adult learners — students over the age of 25 — have different needs from the traditional college student. This Virtual Forum discussed how higher-ed institutions can work to better appeal to them. With Support From Town Hall. Watch on demand.
ON DEMAND: When travel expenses and tight budgets mean college recruiters make fewer global trips, how can they reach international students? Where should admissions offices target their efforts when budgets are lean? Join us for this virtual forum. With Support From ICEF. Register now.