A steady stream of surveys last year revealed drops in undergraduate enrollment, by 3.6 percent in the fall and 4.9 percent in the spring. Beneath those top-line numbers, many questions remained unanswered: How did different states, regions, and locales fare? Which colleges and universities, specifically, experienced gains and losses?

A new review of more than 3,000 institutions across regions and sectors offers answers. 

Lots of people give big gifts to colleges and universities. Most of these donors have very specific ideas about how the money will be spent. So do Tom and Cathy Tinsley—sort of. 

Instead of funding a specific program or endowing a particular faculty chair, the couple is giving $100,000—no strings attached—to all six professors who earned tenure at Colby College in 2021. Could their idea be the new donation paradigm?