The U.S. Department of Education today announced the creation of an experiment that will seek to encourage the expansion of dual-enrollment programs for students from low-income backgrounds. Read more...
Universities and key firms to recruit blind
Big employers, universities and the National Health Service will introduce blind recruitment policies to prevent bias against "ethnic-sounding" names. The policy is designed to guard against unconscious bias that is holding back those from a black or ethnic minority background, reports Sky News. Read more...
Scholarship Universe: An Elegant Solution to Common Enrollment and Retention Woes
By Ken Downs - Evolllution. Many colleges and universities today may find themselves where the University of Arizona was a few years ago—having millions of scholarship dollars to award without a modern tool to effectively do so. Anyone familiar with scholarship management understands the challenges in transferring dollars from donors to students. More...
Three Shifts Can Set Your Recruitment Effort Apart
ITT Tech Suspends Enrollment at Several Campuses
ITT Educational Services will suspend new student enrollment at several of its 135 campus locations, including campuses in Wichita, Kans., and South Bend, Ind. The embattled for-profit chain, which is facing financial and legal challenges, has closed eight of its ITT Technical Institute locations during the last two years, according to ITT's national accreditor. Read more...
Medical-School Enrollment Is Up 25 Percent Since 2002
By Katherine Mangan. The nation’s medical schools chalked up another record-setting year of applications and enrollment, while making strides to attract a more-diverse applicant pool, according to figures released on Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges. More...
New cloud-based college recruiting platform debuts
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Universities looking to increase their enrollment rates now have VisitDays, an online platform that automates the process of engaging the entire campus community in the recruitment and enrollment of new students. More...
Enrollment figures show decrease of students in Kansas
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Preliminary fall enrollment figures show there is an overall decrease of 890 students in Kansas’ higher education institutions compared with last year, the Kansas Board of Regents announced Friday. More...
80 colleges are overhauling this decades-long admissions process
By Stefanie Botelho. Eighty leading colleges and universities are today announcing a plan to reverse a decades-long process by which colleges have-largely through the Common Application-made their applications increasingly similar. More...
Le web, un atout pour le recrutement des personnes handicapées
Par Barbara Leblanc. La recherche d'emploi prend rapidement l'aspect d'un calvaire pour les personnes souffrant de handicap Avec Internet, les outils se multiplient pour leur permettre de trouver un poste plus facilement. Voir l'article...