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Medical School Enrollment Shows Mixed Trends as Diversity Numbers Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Medical schools across the United States are facing new challenges in maintaining student diversity, according to data released Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). We are encouraged by the increase in first-time applicants to medical school," said AAMC president and CEO Dr. David J.

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: One-stop services are not new to higher education. For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid.

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Take It From Me…These Loans Won’t Stay Paused Forever

College Forward

Look at things like cable, streaming services, car insurance, and phone plans. Look into if you could go down a cable plan, maybe not have every paid streaming service (or at least choose a less-expensive plan), and research less-expensive phone plans. Research Military Benefits. This alone can run hundreds of dollars a month.

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Higher Education Inquirer - Untitled Article

Higher Education Inquirer

Department of Veterans Affairs and National Science Foundation. Use it to look up information about an institutions admission rate, tuition, undergraduate enrollment, academic programs, athletic programs and other characteristics. Note that most of these databases are the projects of federal agencies such as the U.S.

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Higher ed and the military must collaborate (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the military draft and the birth of America’s all-volunteer force, and the golden anniversary comes at a time when the future of the volunteer military has never been more uncertain. Meanwhile, Congress has set the annual salary for a new military enlistee at less than $26,000.

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life. The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys its Way into Elite Colleges and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates. Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites. Eisenmann, Linda. Johns Hopkins U. Press, 1995.