Western accreditor appears to drop DEI language from requirements

The Western Affiliation of Colleges and Schools’ Senior School and College Fee could quickly drop the phrases “range, fairness and inclusion” from its requirements. Picture illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Larger Ed | CSUDH/iStock/Getty Photos | WSCUC After months of rhetoric from President-elect Donald Trump attacking range, fairness and inclusion initiatives—in addition to threats to “hearth”…

Vanderbilt and different selective universities see range drop

Vanderbilt College’s Class of 2028 was considerably much less various than final yr’s incoming class, with underrepresented college students of shade declining by practically 10 share factors, in line with institutional information launched Monday. Black scholar enrollment decreased by the widest margin, from 11.5 p.c of the Class of 2027 to only 6 p.c of this yr’s incoming…

4 extra schools report drop in incoming college students of shade

The College of Pennsylvania, together with Middlebury, Haverford and Swarthmore Faculties, all reported a drop within the share of scholars of shade of their first-year courses this fall, in response to newly launched institutional knowledge. They’re the newest extremely selective schools to launch demographic knowledge for the Class of 2028, the primary class admitted after…

Precipitous enrollment drop at Saint Augustine’s

Enrollment at Saint Augustine’s College is down by greater than 70 p.c over final 12 months, WRAL reported. After a two-week delay attributable to storm harm, SAU’s fall semester began Tuesday with about 200 college students enrolled, down from 700 final 12 months, based on WRAL. That’s a precipitous drop from greater than 1,100 college students…