Afternoon Update: Which Colleges Bounced Back From Big Enrollment Drops in Pandemic?

Giving to colleges grew in 2022 fiscal year; how little data are really needed to admit a student; how top Fulbright producers got that way; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. You can now read The Chronicle on [Apple News]( [Flipboard]( and [Google News](. DATA [Big Drops in Enrollment Hit Colleges in the First Fall of the Pandemic. Who Was Able to Bounce Back?]( By Brian O’Leary and Audrey Williams June [STORY IMAGE]( Search our database to see whose enrollments recovered, whose started clawing their way back, and whose kept falling. ADVERTISEMENT FINANCE AND REVENUE [Robust Stock Market Fueled More Giving to Colleges Through Mid-2022]( By Emily Haynes [STORY IMAGE]( Colleges and universities saw 4.7-percent growth in giving, the biggest since 2000, and raised nearly $60 billion from organizations and individuals during the 2022 fiscal year. (The Chronicle of Philanthropy) STRIKING AN ADMISSION HURDLE [Why One Admissions Official Sees Promise in a New Way of Admitting Students]( By Eric Hoover [STORY IMAGE]( How much information does a college really need to make an admission offer to a student? LATITUDES [These Colleges Produce a Lot of Fulbright Scholars. Here’s How.]( By Karin Fischer [STORY IMAGE]( Clarity, financial support, and application guidance all matter. THE EDGE [Lessons From a College-Access Champion]( By Goldie Blumenstyk [STORY IMAGE]( Nicole Hurd, Lafayette College’s president, applies experiences from the College Advising Corps to a new arena. ADVICE [The Provost Files: Try Not to Do the Deans’ Job]( By George Justice [STORY IMAGE]( How do you, as a new provost, find your place within the complicated internal power dynamic with deans? 'INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE' [Report Urges Change at Colleges to Drop Barriers of Systemic Racism and Implicit Bias]( The [report]( issued today by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, says both campuses and science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine groups must focus on more than just increasing their number of students, scholars, and employees with minority backgrounds. They must shift their organizational cultures and environments too. (National Academies) ENROLLMENT [Education Dept. Opens Review of Ban on Incentive Compensation for College Recruiters]( The department said it would hold public listening sessions on the impact of its guidance on how colleges may compensate recruiters of students. The department said it was concerned that an exception in the guidance has fostered online enrollment but also the expanding power and profits of online-program managers and increases in federal student-loan debt. (Department statement) CAMPUS SAFETY [Michigan State Students Repaint ‘Rock’ to Honor Shooting Victims, Cover Pro-Gun Slogan]( In the [aftermath]( of Monday night’s [shooting spree]( the campus landmark carried the message “How Many More?” By this morning it said, “Allow Us to Defend Ourselves & Carry on Campus.” Two students who didn’t know each other then teamed up to change the message. “To Those We Lost, To Those Healing,” it now says, and names the three dead students. (The State News, The Chronicle) FACING THE MUSIC [Pensacola Christian College Cancels Concert Over Gay Singer, Drawing a Backlash]( The King’s Singers, a renowned British ensemble, was scheduled to appear last Saturday at the Florida college, the final stop on a four-city tour of the United States. Instead, the college announced two hours before showtime that hosting the group contradicted its Baptist values. (The New York Times) EVENTS [Browse Upcoming and On-Demand Virtual Events]( [STORY IMAGE]( Join a discussion with national experts and leading practitioners on how to navigate an uncertain future and what new ideas your institution can pursue. NEWSLETTER [Sign Up for the Teaching Newsletter]( Find insights to improve teaching and learning across your campus. Delivered on Thursdays. To read this newsletter as soon as it sends, [sign up]( to receive it in your email inbox. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE Enjoying the newsletter? [Subscribe today]( for unlimited access to essential news, analysis, and advice. ADVERTISEMENT FROM THE CHRONICLE STORE [Reimagining the Student Experience - The Chronicle Store]( [Reimagining the Student Experience]( Many colleges are rethinking and reshaping what has broadly become known as the student experience. [Order your copy today]( to explore the many forces affecting the student experience with the goal of making students’ time on campus more engaging. NEWSLETTER FEEDBACK [Please let us know what you thought of today's newsletter in this three-question survey](. This newsletter was sent to {EMAIL}. [Read this newsletter on the web](. [Manage]( your newsletter preferences, [stop receiving]( this email, or [view]( our privacy policy. © 2023 [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( 1255 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037