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Morgan State University Launches Task Force to Combat Declining Black Male Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morgan State University, Maryland's largest Historically Black University, is taking decisive action to address a concerning trend: the steady decline in Black male Dr. David K. University President Dr. David K. Wilson enrollment. higher education institutions.

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After a ‘no confidence’ vote, JSU sits its seventh president since 2010

University Business

Jackson State University’s web page for the office of the president features a picture of the interim president, her name and a text scroll that reads, “Check back for future updates.” ’s 10-year tenure ended in 2010. .’s ’s 10-year tenure ended in 2010. She received her Ph.D.

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Pivot to the Middle East: How universities are expanding amid global shifts

The PIE News

The challenges facing universities are wide-ranging and well-reported – which is leading them to seek out some creative solutions for their growing list of problems. According to Thomas, its partly as a result of global trends that have long shaped university strategy. A spluttering global economy.

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Forget the ‘red wall’: the 'graduate without a future' is the voter politicians need to woo | Dan Evans

The Guardian - Higher Education

Yet there is little mention of the graduate without a future , a group that first emerged after the 2010 student protests and continues to grow in numbers. With the exception of Stem, law, finance and management, university is no longer a guaranteed ticket to social mobility and a better life. Dan Evans is a sociologist and author.

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Report: Housing Crisis Threatens Student Parents' College Dreams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Generation Hope's partnerships with organizations like Sinai House in Washington, DC, and Virginia State University demonstrate how targeted interventions can make a difference. Generation Hope, founded in 2010, has served 435 teen parents in college and celebrated nearly 200 degrees. per dollar invested.

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College Completion Rates Edging Upward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jorge Silva-Puras, the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success at Lehman College, which is part of the City University of New York (CUNY), noted that the six-year completion rate at Lehman is around 51%. It was a 30-percentage point gap in the 2010 cohort between the highest income students and the lowest.

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University of Saint Katherine Announces Closure

Inside Higher Ed

The University of Saint Katherine in California is filing for bankruptcy and closing by the end of the spring semester next month, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported last week. The private, nonprofit Christian institution was founded in 2010.