Recruiting and Admitting First-Generation Students Source: Academic Impressions By: Daniel Fusch In an interview with Academic Impressions this week, Mary Ontiveros (Colorado State University) suggested four key steps to boosting the enrollment of lower-income, first-generation students in ways that not only admit them to your institution but also help set them up for success after they arrive. Online education growing as colleges offer more classes to meet student demand Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer By: Karen Farkas Online education has ballooned in the past 10 years as millions of students of all ages earn certificates, licenses and degrees -- from associate through doctorate -- from any location where they can use a computer. Students enrolled in one or more online courses now account for 29 percent of the 19.34 million full- and part-time students enrolled in degree-granting universities in the United States, according to a report issued in November by the Sloan Consortium. 10 groundbreaking American women's collegesSource: USA Today College College isn't about the boys. The New York Times pointed out that "Women have represented about 57 percent of enrollments at American colleges since at least 2000, according to a recent report by the American Council on Education." It's not a trend that developed overnight, of course, so which schools blazed the trail'? Saint Pauls to end athletics program Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch By: Eric Kolenich The Saint Paul's College board of trustees has voted to discontinue the school's entire athletics program, the college announced Monday. The decision, which takes effect July 1, is intended to help alleviate Saint Paul's ongoing financial struggles. The board worked for months on how to cut about $4 million from the school's $11 million budget. Ultimately, the board determined the school could not stay accredited and keep the athletics program.
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