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How Texas Became an Enrollment Battleground

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By Taylor Swaak Verified
| The Chronicle of Higher Education Verified
Driving on the highway through Dallas is like encountering a running advertisement for higher education. Heading southbound on the bottlenecked I-35E, at least eight campuses, university medical centers, and academic colleges pass by in as many miles. Static or digital billboards half the length of a basketball court pepper the roadway. They might tout a Forbes “Top Colleges” accolade, or a Division I football team, or a high-demand credential.
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Colleges Fear Federal Grad-Loan Caps Will Hurt Enrollment. These State Groups Are Trying to Help.

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By Taylor Swaak Verified
| The Chronicle of Higher Education Verified
When news spread last summer that, starting this month, the federal government would phase out a decades-old loan program that effectively provided unlimited financing to graduate students, colleges flocked to the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority. “We started receiving direct calls not just from financial-aid officers, but high-level administrators” at around two dozen colleges, said Thomas Graf, the executive director of MEFA.
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At This Flagship, a Decades-Long Enrollment Strategy Is Cracking

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By Taylor Swaak Verified
| The Chronicle of Higher Education Verified
The University of Oregon has built an enrollment strategy over decades that hinges on recruiting out-of-state students — so much so that this group now makes up nearly half of all students attending the institution. The strategy has been foundational to the university’s financial stability: At a time of dwindling state appropriations, nonresidents bring in more than three times the net tuition revenue as their in-state peers do.
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