The Pandemic Drop in Undergraduate Enrollment
June 7, 2022
Spring 2022 enrollment was worse than expected given trends toward more normal college operations. A continued decline would compound challenges facing many colleges.
June 7, 2022
Spring 2022 enrollment was worse than expected given trends toward more normal college operations. A continued decline would compound challenges facing many colleges.
April 17, 2022
Phillip Levine joins EconoFact Chats to discuss the problems that arise from the opacity of college costs.
April 15, 2022
Although the number of women in STEM has increased, gender disparities in representation within STEM fields persist and have widened at the undergraduate level.
September 5, 2021
Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers (University of Michigan) discuss their new textbook on the Principles of Economics.
July 18, 2021
Nora Gordon, among the country’s leading experts on education policy and finance, joins EconoFact Chats to discuss policy responses to learning loss in the wake of COVID-19.
June 14, 2021
David Deming (Harvard) discusses why manufacturing jobs are no longer a straightforward path to the middle class, and why greater investments in public colleges can help more people get well-paying jobs in a changing economy.
June 3, 2021
Despite high returns to education, decades of declining taxpayer support have allowed public colleges to fall into disrepair, just like our buildings, bridges and roads.
May 6, 2021
Frequent, unexpected disruptions in the care and schooling of children have significantly contributed to the daily burden for families during the pandemic.
April 14, 2021
Higher education student enrollment declined with the pandemic, particularly for new college students. The size of the impact varied across institution types.