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COVID has only exacerbated such inequities and made the job of college admissions teams harder, says Ed Venit, managing director at the EAB, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm specializing in education. “High school grades assigned in 2020 and 2021 may not be as precise as an indicator as they had been previously,” he says, as schools in various combinations of remote or hybrid scenarios had to assess students differently.

As schools work to help students catch up following historic slides in academic achievement, they’re facing a somewhat unexpected obstacle: A rise in chronic absenteeism.

This fall’s applicant cohort will be the first to have entered high school during the pandemic. Assessing their college readiness will be a challenge for admissions offices.

District-level strategies based on communication, empathy and relationships can help motivate all three groups to support attendance.

The demands placed on colleges and universities have evolved beyond providing a world-renowned education. Schools today vying to win applicants over must toe the line between investing in top-notch student support programs and keeping their degrees affordable all while sustaining long-term economic health.

Education advisory company EAB has announced the addition of its own created AI features to Navigate, its customer relationship management (CRM) software, to become available in 2024 after being tested by a cohort of educational institutions.

The University of Central Arkansas has launched a tuition-reduction initiative to ensure that all in-state freshmen whose families earn less than $100,000 can graduate debt-free. The program will take effect starting next fall.

With increasing pressure to catch students up academically, schools “can’t afford” another year plagued by disruptions caused by students’ worsening behavior, which can take a toll on teachers and all students in their classrooms, and consume precious instruction time, according to an education researcher.

Declining male enrollment has led many colleges to adopt an unofficial policy: affirmative action for men.

New student orientation satisfaction rates fell early in the pandemic but they’re back up, according to Student Voice survey data. First-year experience leaders say it’s not business as usual: less is now more.