Fast Growth in Private Loans
June 11, 2006
Private student loans are not just an asterisk in the loan data anymore. And they're not just for law and med students, either.
Another piece of the puzzle: enrollment management
June 5, 2006
The Education Writers Association just had their national conference in New Orleans. One of the sessions was called "How the Game is Played in Enrollment Management -- is richer always better?"
Some campuses release additional economic diversity data
June 1, 2006
Another source of useful data on college students' family income is the CIRP Freshman Survey, developed by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA. Each year, colleges across the country administer the CIRP survey to their incoming freshmen, asking them about a range of topics, including family income. HERI compiles the responses into a national report. Each participating...
New Basic Carnegie Classifications
June 1, 2006
The new Carnegie Classification system of higher education institutions is now in use on economicdiversity.org. The new classifications were released in February 2006, and increased the total number of classifications from 18 to 33. Thirteen of these additions are for Associate's colleges. One addition was made to the Research category, one addition was made to the Master's category,...
