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Colleges should abolish Greek system (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

More than a decade ago, in 2011, former Cornell University president David Skorton penned an op-ed for The New York Times after a 19-year-old Cornell sophomore named George Desdunes “died in a fraternity house while participating in a hazing episode that included mock kidnapping, ritualized humiliation and coerced drinking.”

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How to restore trust in American higher education

University Business

College enrollments last year were lower than they were 12 years earlier in 2011, the first sustained drop in American history — and low birth rates suggest the pool of future college students may fall rather than increase. University presidents at recent congressional hearings publicly favored policies highly objectionable to most Americans.

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President moves: A narrow no-confidence vote results in this leader’s exit

University Business

Marshall Roache – Oregon Coast Community College Oregon Coast Community College found its next president in a former college wrestler and coach, retail store manager and police officer: Marshall Roach, YachatsNews reports. Dell’Omo – Rider University (N.J.) Retiring Gregory G.

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New York pledges more higher ed funds, but deficits run deep

Inside Higher Ed

In an email to Inside Higher Ed , Buffalo State University president Katherine Conway-Turner, whose institution is also facing a $16 million deficit, applauded Hochul’s proposal while highlighting her campus’s ongoing fiscal struggles.

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Completion Grants: Innovative Financial Aid for Today's Students

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) was honored to partner with The Chronicle of Higher Education for its September 29, 2022 panel discussion on innovative financial aid for today's students. So in 2011, we began to pilot a program that requires no application on the student's part.

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President moves: Milestone hires and dramatic exits start off the month

University Business

CNN revealed that Sulmasy, a retired Coast Guard captain, had been accused of engaging in “flirtatious” and “inappropriate” communications with a former cadet in 2013 and verbally harassed another in 2011. The post President moves: Milestone hires and dramatic exits start off the month appeared first on University Business.

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Are the Benefits of OPM Partnerships Worth the Risk?

EAB

Okay, fast forward two decades, you get yourself to 2011. So 2011, we have online enablement vendors is actually the term EAB was using back in 2011. CH: Okay, so why does 2011 matter? So the conditions in 2011 were already ripe for more competition, more online growth, and more third party partnerships.