Peter Eckel News Today

Story at a glance College enrollment numbers, long in decline, may be hitting a cliff next year. After peaking in 2010, undergraduate enrollment dropped from roughly 18.1 million students that year to about 15.4 million in 2021 amid changes in the country’s economy and immigration policies and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic And while enrollment increased slightly last year, higher education experts worry a…

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Nondisparagement agreements and an unwillingness to confront underlying problems force colleges to pull out the checkbook to smooth rough departures, experts say.