Rural students’ options shrink as colleges slash majors
These campuses are also more likely than other kinds of institutions to enroll students from lower-income families and who are the first in their families to go to college, the Baltimore-based Art & Science Group consulting firm found.
Students are taking Texas off college lists because of politics, new study says
The highest percentage of soon-to-be college students are opting out of attending Texas colleges and universities due to the Lone Star state’s politics, according to a new study.
Over a quarter of college applicants are rejecting schools over their states' politics: report
College applicants are ruling out universities based on the politics of the state they reside in, and LGBTQ+ students are being particularly vigilant. Over a quarter of applicants (28 percent) said that they "exclude schools solely based on political considerations in the state where the institution is located," according to a recent survey from the Art & Science Group.
Study reports prospective students exclude colleges based on state politics
David Strauss speaks to The Daily Texan about the recent studentPOLL study, outlining the effect state politics have on college-bound students when deciding where to attend school.
Colleges in anti-LGBTQ+ states are losing students & there’s nothing they can do
According to a poll from the Art & Science Group, 28% of prospective students ruled out attending colleges because of politics, with 75% of liberals ruling out schools because of state policies on abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. 66% of conservatives did the same for schools in states they deemed too liberal. Texas was the most commonly excluded state.
One-quarter of applicants ruled out colleges because of states’ political climate: Poll
Just more than a quarter — 28 percent — of students ruled out a school because of the politics, policies or legal situation in the college or university’s state, according to a new poll from the Art & Science Group.
College applicants avoid entire states because of their politics
“For a student to say, ‘I’m willing to rule out a state, a school in a state,’ before they even decide where to apply, that’s a strong indication of how important these issues are to young people,” said Nanci Tessier, principal at Art & Science Group.
1 In 4 Students Rule Out Colleges Based On State Politics Or Policies
That’s one of the main findings from a new survey released by the Art & Science Group, a higher-education consulting firm. The percentage of students saying they ruled out a college based on the political leanings of a state increased slightly from a similar survey conducted by the group last year, which found 24% of students indicating their college choice would be affected by such factors.
28% of college-bound students rule out schools based on state politics: new survey
Art & Science Group, which conducted the surveys, found that 28% dismiss schools based on state politics. And two-thirds of those students do so right out of the gate. “That's somewhat alarming, because obviously the colleges and universities don't have a choice,” said Craig Goebel, a principal at Art & Science Group.