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PROOF POINTS: 861 colleges and 9,499 campuses have closed down since 2004 - Jill Barshay, Hechinger Report

Economics and Change in Higher Education

For-profit operators ran more than 80 percent of the 861 institutions that ceased operations between 2004 and 2021.

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Beware of the Zombie College Scam Haunting Higher Education

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Some 12,000 colleges closed between 2004 and 2020, with at least 72 more folding since then. But what’s scarier than a school that has died? An undead college, of course — and it’s a lot more than a silly Halloween prank.

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Debts Canceled for 317,000 Former Students at Art Institutes

Inside Higher Ed

billion in loans for students who attended any Art Institute campus from 2004 to 2017. The Education Department will wipe out $6.1 The relief comes through the borrower defense to repayment program, which allows students who were misled or defrauded by their institution to seek relief.

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Lady Henig obituary

The Guardian - Higher Education

A former magistrate and an expert on criminal justice, she spent the next two decades at Westminster seeking to secure greater public protection through improving the regulation of the burgeoning private security industry.

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Berkeley Talks: ‘Wave’ memoirist on writing about unimaginable loss

The Berkeley Blog

I was writing to make sense of, firstly, what had happened," said Sonali Deraniyagala, whose family died in a 2004 tsunami while on vacation in Sri Lanka. "I'm an accidental writer. The post Berkeley Talks: ‘Wave’ memoirist on writing about unimaginable loss appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Indiana University Northwest Celebrates 20 Years of Diversity Landmarks

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ken Coopwood (Diversity Landmarks Founder) The Landmarks were the vision of Dr. Ken Coopwood, a four-time cabinet-level diversity executive, who founded Diversity Landmarks at Indiana University’s Northwest campus in 2004.

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Steele to Step Down from Helm at Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The number of Black homeowners has dropped since 2004, when homeownership peaked at 49.7%. In 2023, 45.7% of Black Americans owned homes, which is significantly lower than the 74.3% of white Americans, according to the National Association of Realtors. More than ever, people are being evicted, and we must provide a solution,” said Steele.