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Legacy admissions tumbled dramatically over past decade

Higher Ed Dive

The share of four-year institutions considering an applicant's family ties to an alum has dropped by half since 2015, Education Reform Now found.

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A Record-Setting Year for Tennessee Promise

Inside Higher Ed

The program, launched in 2015, is a last-dollar free tuition scholarship for the state’s community college students. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission announced Monday that the Tennessee Promise program saw a record number of applicants—more than 670,000—from the Class of 2025.

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South Korea hosts 200,000 international students, hits 2015 target

The PIE News

The 205,167 international students enrolled in March 2023 means the country hit a target set in 2015 of hosting 200,000 foreign students by 2023. ” The post South Korea hosts 200,000 international students, hits 2015 target appeared first on The PIE News.

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Price sensitivity and regional options test UK’s East Asian enrolment

The PIE News

However, between 2015 and 2019, this trend reversed, with enrolments declining by 3.2% By 2019, the number of Southeast Asian students enrolled in the UK had dropped by 8%, or 3,500 fewer students compared to 2015. Between 2002 and 2012, student enrolments from Southeast Asia in the UK grew at a compound annual rate of 5.5%.

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Report Highlights Key Challenges and Support Needs for Early Career Faculty at MSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supporting Early Career Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions,” examines CMSI’s ELEVATE program launched in 2015, which supports professional development, mentorship, and retention for MSI faculty. As a proud member of the very first ELEVATE cohort in 2015, I had very few expectations.

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Fire Destroys Historic Building at Knoxville College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Founded by the Presbyterian Church in 1875, Knoxville College lost its accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) in 1997, and the college has struggled financially, and student enrollment began to decline to the point that only 11 students were enrolled at the time of the school’s closing in May 2015.

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Indispensable Instructional Designers at Professional Schools 

Faculty Focus

Professional schools cater to a diverse student body with varying learning preferences, needs, and accrediting bodies to answer to (Coble, 2015). Coble, R (2015). Professional schools, such as pharmacy, medical, dental, law, etc., Instructional Design: A Collaboration or A Consultation? The Journal of Applied Instructional Design.

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