Why Colleges are Struggling with Student Retention in Higher Education

  • Year Published : 2026
  • Month Published : October

A blog from Instructure discusses colleges’ student-retention challenges and strategies for keeping students enrolled as incoming class sizes shrink. It cites WICHE’s 2024 Knocking at the College Door projections of a 13% decline in U.S. high school graduates from the 2025 peak through 2041. View original source.

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