Many American learners rely on regional public universities, but these institutions often struggle the most with enrollment challenges. The latest research brief by Risepoint and The Chronicle of Higher Education explores the opportunities available to regional publics to attract more students.

Many American learners rely on regional public universities, but these institutions often struggle the most with enrollment challenges. The latest research brief by Risepoint and The Chronicle of Higher Education explores the opportunities available to regional publics to attract more students.

🚀 New Report from Public Policy Institute of California: Improving Transfer from California Community Colleges to CSU California’s higher education system depends deeply on community colleges — and the transfer process is key to expanding access to bachelor’s degrees. Yet, while many students aspire to transfer, too few make it through. A new report from PPIC — Improving Transfer from California Community Colleges to the California State University by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Hans Johnson — digs into what happens after students apply for transfer. The report sheds new light on this critical but understudied stage in the pathway, offering insights that can help strengthen opportunity and equity in higher education. 📅 Join the virtual event: Thursday, October 30 | 11:00–11:40 AM PDT Hear from the authors as they share key takeaways and answer audience questions. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/eUrCTqZf

Excellent and timely report and a great presentation of the research on the need to improve transfer rates from California Community Colleges to CSU. Number one reason: Here in California transfer play an outsized role in the size and diversity of the pool of college graduates in our state. If that is not a sufficient enough reason - check out their report where they give us some good news mixed with challenges. #PPICevents #highereducation #communitycolleges

More than 560 institutional representatives from 71 institutions participated in the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) Fall 2025 Self-Study Institute (SSI) to leverage the holistic cycle of accreditation designed to foster institutional improvement through data-driven processes that impact the student experience. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ebJCXekw

New Report from Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC): Improving Transfer from California Community Colleges to CSU. California’s higher education system depends deeply on community colleges — and the transfer process is key to expanding access to bachelor’s degrees. Yet, while many students aspire to transfer, too few make it through. A new report from PPIC — Improving Transfer from California Community Colleges to the California State University by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Hans Johnson — digs into what happens after students apply for transfer. The report sheds new light on this critical but understudied stage in the pathway, offering insights that can help strengthen opportunity and equity in higher education. We'll be there! 📅 Join the virtual event: Thursday, October 30 | 11:00–11:40 AM PDT Hear from the authors as they share key takeaways and answer audience questions. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/ey5vj3xT

How will college admissions change now that the College Board has discontinued its use of the Landscape tool? In a new Inside Higher Ed op-ed, CSHPE PhD student Julius DiLorenzo and co-authors discuss what this shift means for holistic review and share approaches admissions offices can take to continue using contextual information when evaluating applicants. Read more: https://myumi.ch/Z2zy2

A must-read for anyone in higher education: this special Journal of Higher Education issue co-edited by USC Pullias Center for Higher Education's Royel Johnson, PhD: “Countering Legislative Attacks on Higher Education: Challenges, Strategies, and Future Directions.” USC Rossier School of Education

The Council’s latest report, NAEP’s Hidden Power: Understanding Achievement at the Intersections, written by Council Director of Research Akisha Osei Sarfo, Ph.D., provides intersectional analyses of NAEP, the only national assessment that allows us to examine what students know and how they perform at key intersections (e.g., SES and race/ethnicity or language and disability), revealing what works, where gaps persist, and how specific groups experience school systems. NAEP, the only national assessment that allows us to examine what students know and how they are performing at key intersections. This level of granularity powers better informed decision making for districts. NAEP should be prioritized as a central part of the nation’s education infrastructure as its ability to provide intersectional analyses of national student performance highlights critical differences often hidden in aggregate group-level data. What we can see at the intersections can be targeted and improved. Download the report at: https://lnkd.in/ezsEhVFP

This must-read survey for higher ed leaders offers a lot of hope & guidance on ways to work with the public to defend and support higher ed, at a national AND a state level. My take-aways from the executive summary: - The public overwhelmingly opposes federal cuts to science, health, and education funding - 57-62% of Americans would be willing to mobilize to oppose cuts to science if asked to by a university they have a connection to The report also reports on five areas of vulnerability/concern for the public, many of which are not partisan: - The cost of higher ed - Concerns about discrimination, especially racism, antisemitism, islamophobia - Concerns about free speech - Republican concerns about liberal bias - Concerns about transgender athletes (with a big partisan divide) The report suggests: - Leveraging strengths by emphasizing universal values - Mobilizing research supporters and alumni - Emphasizing local community benefits - "Differentiating the vulnerabilities from strengths- that is, the vulnerabilities have not undermined the value proposition of universities"