The inaugural "Higher Education Research Digest" was released in 2017 (see ED581669) along with the "Enrollment Management Database," a tool assisting enrollment managers, admissions personnel, and other college administrators with student recruitment, enrollment, and success strategies. For this third edition of the Digest,…

Boston College saw a 26-percent decrease in applications this year, a drop officials largely attribute to a new essay requirement. Last year the private Jesuit institution received a record 34,051 applications for 2,250 spots in its freshman class. This year approximately 25,000 students applied, and all of them had to do one thing their…

For its 16th annual Application Trends Survey, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) gathered and analyzed data from a total of 641 graduate business programs located at 306 universities worldwide to understand application volume, the applicant pool, and special efforts being made to attract candidates to graduate management programs.…

Describes Southern Methodist University's College Prep (CP) program, a competitive eight-week summer program that offers denied applicants the opportunity to gain fall admission. Thirteen of 24 participants fulfilled the admission criteria. High school GPA and standardized test scores did not differ significantly between the CP students and other…

The higher education community searches ceaselessly for ways to recruit and retain students whose presence on the campus more accurately represents the demographics of the United States. However, many selective private institutions continue to struggle with the recruitment and retention of students of color--often because of the discrepancy in…