"The talk this week at an annual gathering of college admissions officers and high school counselors included the usual topics, like how to deal with 'difficult' parents and the names of hot student prospects. But the conversations -- in panel discussions, in hallways and over crab cakes -- always seemed to circle around to one subject: the economy," The New York Times reports. "High school counselors said that some parents who in other years worried mostly about whether their children could get into a particular college were now concerned about whether they could afford the price tag. Admissions officers said they feared further price increases and cuts in university budgets, perhaps even in classes. They wondered whether this would create significant dips in yield, the number of accepted applicants who then choose to attend. For those at private colleges, one anxious worry prevailed: Will students even apply?"

You can read the complete Sept. 25, 2009 New York Times article on-line.

Additional Media Coverage

Admissions Officials Ponder the Recession, Yoga Teachers, and 'Score Choice' The Chronicle of Higher Education

8 Strategies for Recruiting Adult Students to 4-Year Colleges The Chronicle of Higher Education

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