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Strategically Diverse: An Intersectional Analysis of Enrollments at U.S. Law Schools
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Nicholas A. Bowman; Frank Fernandez; Solomon Fenton-Miller; Nicholas R. Stroup – Research in Higher Education, 2024
Legal education scholars have argued that law schools strategically use Students of Color for enrollment management purposes; they can admit more to meet admission targets, but they should not enroll so many that they need to open new course sections. As law school applications decline, we analyze enrollment panel data reported to the American Bar…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Law Schools, Minority Group Students, Enrollment Management
Resetting Prices: Estimating the Effect of Tuition Reset Policies on Institutional Finances and Enrollment
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Ward, James Dean; Corral, Daniel – Research in Higher Education, 2023
Private nonprofit colleges are increasingly using tuition resets, or a decrease in sticker price by at least 5%, to attract new students and counter declining demand. While discounting tuition with institutional aid is a common practice to get accepted students to matriculate and to increase affordability, a tuition reset is a more transparent…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Tuition, Paying for College, Fees
A Quest for Equity? Measuring the Effect of QuestBridge on Economic Diversity at Selective Institutions
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Fernando Furquim; Kristen M. Glasener – Research in Higher Education, 2017
In response to growing income stratification in higher education, President Obama convened a White House Summit in 2014 where over 100 selective institutions committed to increasing the number of low-income students on their campus. One way colleges proposed to do so is through partnerships with college access organizations like QuestBridge, a…
Descriptors: Selective Admission, Partnerships in Education, Low Income Students, Enrollment Management
Enrollment, Persistence and Graduation of In-State Students at a Public Research University: Does High School Matter?
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Johnson, Iryna – Research in Higher Education, 2008
Educational research has shown that individual-level background characteristics, such as parental socio-economic status and academic ability, influence college going behavior. This study tests for the existence of aggregate-level high school effects on college enrollment, persistence and degree attainment. It links institutional data on students…
Descriptors: High Schools, Economic Status, Research Universities, Educational Research
Expectations for College and Student Persistence.
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Braxton, John M.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1995
A multi-institutional study of 263 first-time college freshmen investigated the effects on students' social and academic integration of having expectations for college remain unmet. Results are discussed in terms of implications for enrollment management and the linkage of theories concerning college choice and student departure. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Development, College Choice, College Environment
Recent Research on the Economics of Attending College: Returns on Investment and Responsiveness to Price.
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Paulsen, Michael B. – Research in Higher Education, 1998
Examines recent research on private returns to investment in baccalaureate and sub-baccalaureate postsecondary education, social returns to investment in higher education, and student responsiveness to tuition and financial aid. Focus is on implications for policy and practice in areas such as enrollment management, role of colleges in relation to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Cost Effectiveness