CRHEO - Center for Research on Higher Education Outcomes

Some Elite Colleges Review an Application in 8 Minutes (or Less) As application numbers surge, admissions officers at some top colleges say they don’t have time to read an entire file. Now committees of two divvy up the file to shave time from the process.

New study by CRHEO - Center for Research on Higher Education Outcomes' Greg Wolniak & Princeton University's Drew Allen examines impact of tuition increases on campus diversity. Nonselective institutions see the greatest decline in diversity as costs rise. https://ihenow.com/2DZSX2a NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Increases in college tuition drive down diversity at public colleges, study says New study examines impact of tuition increases. Nonselective institutions see the greatest decline in diversity.

“Many adults worry that if their kids knew that grades in school aren’t highly predictive of success in life, they’d lose their motivation to apply themselves and aim high. In fact, the opposite is true.“

It’s Time to Tell Your Kids It Doesn’t Matter Where They Go To College Stop fretting about grades and prestigious schools

"U.S. not-for-profit colleges and universities are segregating into winners and losers—with winners growing and expanding and losers seeing the first signs of a death spiral." Tough times ahead for schools that fail to prepare students for life after college...

U.S. Colleges Are Separating Into Winners and Losers For generations, a swelling population of college-age students, rising enrollment rates and generous student loans helped all schools, even mediocre ones, to flourish. Those days are ending.

“...(E)ven though the best interests of students and taxpayers revolve around college access, affordability and graduation outcomes, too often presidents and boards are more focused on the rankings, reputation and popularity of the institution itself.”

Opinion | No College Kid Needs a Water Park to Study Trustees must rein in frivolous spending at public universities.

"Congressional plans to tax the endowments of wealthy private schools and the tuition benefits of graduate students have elicited outrage from universities and schadenfreude from Trump supporters. Missing in this outcry — and in the pending tax legislation — is a recognition of the long history of reciprocity between academia and government that has incalculably benefited society."

Opinion | The Right Way to Fix Universities New taxes are not the answer. A radical reorientation of their mission is.

Another reminder that education is always political. “In July, a Pew Research Center study found that 58 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents believe colleges and universities have a negative effect ‘on the way things are going in the country,’ up from 37 percent two years ago.”

Elitists, crybabies and j***y degrees: America's political divide on higher education A Trump supporter explains rising conservative anger at American universities.

“A student is a consumer of the product of education. Greater transparency is going to empower the consumer,” said Senator Charles E. Grassley in a recent interview on demystifying college costs. We couldn't agree more.

The Long Story of the Movement Toward College Cost Clarity New bipartisan bills are aimed at forcing colleges to clear up a murky, confusing system so that prospective students understand the options.

"It’s no wonder that 70 percent of the students in the nation’s 200 most competitive schools come from the top quarter of the income distribution."

Opinion | How We Are Ruining America College-educated Americans have become devastatingly good at making sure children of other classes can’t join their ranks.

News coverage of differential tuition policies continues to grow. What effect the information will have on consumers remains to be seen.

Why Universities Charge Extra for Engineering, Business and Nursing Degrees Charging additional fees or higher tuition for costly majors has become common practice at public research universities.

What will cutbacks in federal research spending mean for colleges and universities? CRHEO - Center for Research on Higher Education Outcomes' Gregory Wolniak weighs in.

Lawmakers Show Sympathy for Trump Plan to Squeeze Research Costs The Trump administration wants to cut indirect-cost payments to universities that win research grants. That might not hurt Harvard, a witness told a House panel, but could hurt "the broad research mission."

Ready for your Wednesday dose of news? Check out this InsideHigherEd feature by authors Nick Bowman, Tricia Seifert, Matt Mayhew & CRHEO - Center for Research on Higher Education Outcomes' own Greg Wolniak.

Determining which retention and graduation strategies are truly effective (essay) As students across the country prepare to receive their degrees, five authors explore how to increase their numbers.