Enrollment declines continue, National Student Clearinghouse finds

The latest round of data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center paints a similarly dreary enrollment picture as previous reports. The research center has been studying the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on enrollment in higher education, producing a new report about every month this fall. The new numbers are based on 76 percent of colleges in the nation reporting as of Oct. 22. The previous report included 54 percent of postsecondary institutions. Not much has...