Tag: news
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I Attended My First Council of Colleges and Military Educators Conference. California Public Higher Education Had One Seat at the Table.
After more than a decade in enrollment management, I walked into a room full of institutions actively designing for military students — and realized California’s public higher education system was almost entirely absent from the conversation. I’ve spent over ten years in higher education enrollment management. I’ve analyzed markets, designed recruitment funnels, and built strategies…
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Is the CSU’s Problem a Cost Problem? I Ran the Numbers. The Answer Surprised Me.
A few days ago, I posted about a pattern that has been bothering me for a while: the CSU system admitted 86% of applicants in 2024, and yet only 13% of those admitted students actually chose to enroll. Then I received a question about the net price and the value proposition. It’s a fair question.…
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Students Are Choosing the UC System — Not the CSU. The Data Makes It Hard to Ignore.
A look at six years of application, admission, and enrollment data from 105 California colleges reveals a clear pattern: demand for CSUs has flat-lined while every other type of institution has grown. Here’s what the numbers show — and what enrollment leaders should be thinking about. Data: IPEDS & institutional reporting, 2018 vs. 2024 · …