Admissions

More than a few institutions—particularly in the Great Lakes and Northeast regions—are wrestling with declining enrollment.  In The College Stress Test, Robert Zemsky, Susan Shaman, and Susan Campbell analyze IPEDS data from the past decade and find, for example, that …

With college admissions coming under public scrutiny, boards of trustees need to understand their institutions’ enrollment management practices now more than ever. In March 2019, federal prosecutors filed charges against 50 people in six states on crimes ranging from fraud to …

This blog post is provided by AGB's Sustaining Sponsor, Baker Tilly. It’s no secret that applying to a top college is difficult and competitive. Prospective students – and their families – are facing increasing pressure when it comes to gaining admission …

The final week of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015–16 term was bound to be memorable, despite (or perhaps because of) the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia earlier this year. On the one hand, race-conscious college admissions finally gained the …

For the first time in the history of our school at the University of Cincinnati, last fall the entering class had more women than men. Many members of our board of trustees and I can remember the time, decades ago, …

As this issue of Trusteeship goes to press, lawyers are preparing for argument in Fisher v. University of Texas, the most important higher education case on the Supreme Court’s docket this term. When the court issues its decision in spring …

As we emerge from the extreme financial pressures of the Great Recession, it is time for board members to take a step back and think about long-term strategies for ensuring that financial-aid policies are consistent with institutional mission at the …

Contemporary strategic enrollment management entails planning, implementing, and developing administrative structures to develop and support strategies and tactics to regulate patterns of students entering the institution and through to graduation. It must do so in a way that is both …

For more than 30 years, the Supreme Court has permitted colleges and universities to take race into account when making admission decisions. In an unbroken line of cases—starting with its 1978 decision in Regents of the University of California v. …