While other colleges and universities are struggling to maintain enrollment, Concordia University, St. Paul, has quietly doubled its enrollment in the last 12 years.
Some Minnesota colleges and universities seeing an increase in enrollment are looking at creative ways to house students, such as St. Olaf College, where about 40 students are living among senior citizens.
This is the first admissions cycle after the Supreme Court’s mid-2023 ruling that limited colleges’ ability to consider race in admissions. But some say it’s too soon to tell the effects.
The YMCA of the North has reported deficits every year since 2020. Leaders say the nonprofit is facing rising expenses and changing consumer behaviors.