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Prescott, Brian T. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2021
A "Cone of Uncertainty" has become ubiquitous in hurricane forecasting, encompassing the likeliest possible path that a storm might take as it approaches landfall. These forecasts are crucial because they help government agencies at all levels prepare even in these far-from-certain future conditions. Although individual institutions have…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, COVID-19, Pandemics, Decision Making
Prescott, Brian T. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2021
The pandemic's impact on enrollment is best documented by timely reports issued by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Their reporting as of December 2020 showed that overall enrollment in fall 2020 declined by about 2.5%, although it was down more among undergraduates, about 3.6%. While students from all racial/ethnic groups had…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Enrollment Management, Educational Planning
Hunkerstorm, Louisa; Prescott, Brian – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2022
Recent years have seen accelerating interest in measuring the employment outcomes of recent college graduates. New data tools and research, such as the College Scorecard, increasingly sophisticated state-level data systems, and studies investigating students' long-term economic mobility, continue to roll out. While postgraduate wages have been an…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment, Wages, Geographic Location
Prescott, Brian T. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2020
That some form of education beyond high school will be essential to future economic prosperity--both individually and collectively--is widely accepted. It is not lost on students and families, who consistently cite the need to be prepared for the workforce as the most important factor in choosing to enroll. And it is not lost on policy makers, as…
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Supply and Demand, Labor Force Development, Labor Market
Prescott, Brian T. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2019
Recent headlines have brought attention to the effects that unfavorable demographic and fiscal conditions are having on postsecondary education institutions. Among those most acutely feeling the pressures are likely to be institutions located in rural communities that are seeing more rapid population declines and lagging median income. This…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Public Colleges, Enrollment, Educational Finance
Prescott, Brian T. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2019
This edition of "Playing the Numbers" reports on recent trends in a few key measures related to postsecondary education. Among the trends examined will be key issues of educational attainment, participation, and finance and affordability. Moreover, given the critical role of the states in the delivery of postsecondary education, it will…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Achievement Gap
Koch, Zac; Prescott, Brian T. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2021
Understanding the funding requirements of public institutions starts with recognizing them as state assets with capacity to meet state needs, especially those that disproportionately serve underrepresented, low-income, or rural student populations and adult learners. As policy makers wrestle with resource allocation decisions under unfavorable…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Colleges, Financial Support, State Aid
Louisa Hunkerstorm; Brian Prescott – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2024
In today's higher education landscape, there are numerous conflicting pressures that influence how the mix of academic programs institutions choose to offer will evolve. This article describes: (1) The need to understand better how institutions' program arrays are evolving over time in the face of a variety of student, workforce, competitive,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Decision Making, Trend Analysis
Prescott, Brian T. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2010
In 2004 Colorado passed legislation enacting the nation's first voucher-based approach to financing higher education, known as the College Opportunity Fund (COF). The work of an unusual coalition that included higher education leaders, generally conservative policymakers, and others, COF completely replaced the traditional approach of subsidizing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Vouchers, Enrollment Trends, Fees
Kelly, Patrick J.; Prescott, Brian T. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2007
The United States led the world in the percentage of its population with college degrees through the middle and end of the 20th century. Its overall success gave the nation competitive confidence. But in recent years, several other countries have been making remarkable progress in educating their residents, producing young-adult populations that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Age, Educational Attainment, Competition