Thursday, May 14, 2015

The National Student Clearinghouse reports that enrollments were down in Spring 2015.





REPORT: Current Term Enrollment Report – Spring 2015


Current Term Enrollment Estimates Report

Overview

In spring 2015, overall postsecondary enrollments decreased 1.9 percent from the previous spring. Figure 1shows the 12-month percentage change (fall-to-fall and spring-to-spring) for each term over the last three years. Enrollments decreased among four-year for-profit institutions (-4.9 percent), two-year public institutions (-3.9 percent), and four-year private non-profit institutions (-0.2 percent). Enrollments increased slightly among four-year public institutions (+0.1 percent). Taken as a whole, public sector enrollments (two-year and four-year combined) declined by 1.7 percent this spring.

Looking to the autumn, the private, not-for-profit sector is going to report a more significant drop, I predict.

Additionally, let me suggest that these declines are not merely cyclical.  Cost is a big piece of the problem.  Expansion by the public sector competition is another.


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