Total room-and-board expenses at private undergraduate colleges averaged $7,791 during the 2005-2006 school year, up 5% from the previous academic year, according to The College Board's annual report on college pricing trends.
Domino's declined to discuss revenue totals for campus stores, but Harville says that while an average Domino's store has revenue of $650,000 a year, the college stores trend higher, in part because these stores stay open later to cater to late-night munchies.
For colleges, the trend presents financial challenges.
While the increase in applications per student has helped swell the number of applications at many colleges — a trend they like to trumpet — even some admissions officials would not be disappointed if more high schools imposed limits.
The reporters note that the sharp increases in early applications to the most selective colleges, a trend for some time now, has been compounded in recent years by applications from students abroad, and complicated this year by the return of Harvard and Princeton to the early-admission fray, after a four-year absence.
When analyzed with respect to holidays and days of week, college-age specific trends begin to emerge: college-aged ED visits differ from the general population by day of week (Fig. 1).
Maybe the University of Alabama isn't the trendiest of all college campuses, but trends ebb and flow.
Typical of the GGW franchise, the focus of the cameras was on white college girls, following trends outlined by Gail Dines who has pointed out the lack of racial diversity within the GGW lineup.
The way this season unfolded is a natural extension of the way college basketball is trending.
One group still largely resists the trend: college graduates, who overwhelmingly marry before having children.
