First-Time Adult Enrollment Dropped This Fall. Should Colleges Be Worried?
Inside Higher Ed Johanna Alonso May 6, 2026 Nearly 16 percent fewer adults started college for the first time this fall compared to the previous year. Some say the change represents rightsizing after an enrollment boom, but others say it’s a reversal worth keeping an eye on. n the economic upheaval that followed the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
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