Eric Hoover

For Enrollment Leaders, the Hot Seat Keeps Getting Hotter They’re navigating demands for an annual miracle: more applicants, more revenue, more everything — no matter the circumstances.

My latest: In an era of intensifying scrutiny for colleges, the enrollment hot seat keeps getting hotter. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

I have come to believe that journalism will do itself in with virulent bothsidesism before any external force kills it.

For One Mother, College Requires Constant Trade-Offs The reinvention — and everyday obstacles — of a student parent.

Three kids, little money, constant sacrifices: My story about a mother making her way through college. www.chronicle.com/article/a-mo...

Wait, Freshman Enrollment Actually Increased Last Fall The National Student Clearinghouse said that a “methodological error” skewed its previous projections.

Let's talk about narratives. Many folks saw a National Student Clearinghouse report that freshman enrollment last fall dropped 5 percent. Many folks concluded: "Aha! More evidence that things are looking bad for higher ed."
Umm...Wrong.
Via @erichoov.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/wait...

Clyde has finished his last article for 2024.

In Sweeping Action, Idaho’s Education Board Bans ‘DEI Ideology’ on College Campuses Board leaders said the action would force administrators to support all students “regardless of their identifying characteristics.”

www.chronicle.com/article/in-s...

Can a College Town Survive the Closure of Its College? For communities surrounding small institutions, the losses are more than economic.

This feature on the human impact of a college’s closure is vividly told and full of heart, which is how @karinfischer.bsky.social rolls. tinyurl.com/bdd98bmf

Librarians … a luxury? This (sad) story is a must-read.

HS senior: “I’m full of gratitude, I think. But I don’t want to write a performative essay about it.”

Will Submitting the FAFSA Put Undocumented Parents at Risk? This Group Thinks It Could. A prominent association warns that mixed-status families could be “targeted for punitive action.”

My latest: Should the threat of deportations prompt mixed-status families to think twice before submitting the FAFSA? It's complicated. tinyurl.com/4rv6uckm

Will Submitting the FAFSA Put Undocumented Parents at Risk? This Group Thinks It Could. A prominent association warns that mixed-status families could be “targeted for punitive action.”

My latest: Should the threat of deportations prompt mixed-status families to think twice before submitting the FAFSA? It's complicated. tinyurl.com/4rv6uckm

I'm so excited to see this out there in the world!

Beyond the Campus Food Pantry Over the last decade the food pantry became a higher education trend, but hopeful signs for a future beyond campus food pantries abound.

📢Food pantries ain’t it when it comes to ending hunger.

So this holiday season, please thank campus food pantry leaders AND partner with them to push the work much farther.

My latest #RealCollege op-ed w/ the Student Basic Needs Coalition ⬇️

#highered

www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/arti...

The SAT’s Not-Quite-Comeback Despite a coordinated backlash against it, "test optional" admissions remains alive and well and delivering on its promise.

New from @stephenburd.bsky.social on the SAT's 'comeback': "Nearly 90 percent of the nation’s 2,275 bachelor’s degree granting institutions remain either test optional.. or 'test blind,' meaning that they do not consider test scores at all." www.newamerica.org/education-po...

Thanks! I look forward to checking out this series.

Hey there, Bev!

Thanks. That's very kind!

College Fairs Might Seem Ho-Hum. Until You Meet the Rural Students at This One. This regional gathering attracts teenagers from small-town high schools that few admissions officers ever visit. Here’s how it changed one student’s perspective on college.

Hey there! I tell true stories about the challenges students face getting to and through college, often writing in-depth narratives that illuminate the experiences of low-income + first-gen students. Like this article, about college-access barriers in rural areas. tinyurl.com/bd6zjv48