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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

More from UB: Computer science degrees: How demand has both reduced and improved Northland College has operated at a deficit for eight years, The Minnesota Star Tribune reports. (Updated: Feb. 24) College closings are expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff, and Northland College may be the first of 2025.

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Minnesota Catholic colleges cut languages, other humanities

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percent from 2016 to 2020—the largest drop since it began its survey in 1958. percent from 2016 to 2020—the largest drop since it began its survey in 1958. The provost of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University has cited overall enrollment decreases and specifically low enrollments in these courses.

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Report: Fall Transfer Enrollment Remains in Decline in 2022

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Researchers also found that of the students who transferred to a four-year school from a community college, liberal arts majors were significantly more likely than non-liberal arts majors to change their major (82.0% So this is very concerning." and -0.7%, respectively).

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The Equity Imperative ?of the Place-Bound Student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

identified as place-bound , according to the American Council on Education (ACE) Center for Policy Research and Strategy (Hillman, Nicholas, & Weichman, 2016). She possesses an associate degree earned in her early 20’s from her local community college. Marta is one of approximately 25 million adults in the U.S. Lawrence A.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

In retaliation for Stern’s internal and external activism, Auburn in 2009 suddenly moved the department of economics out of the College of Business and into the College of Liberal Arts, the lawsuit said. The First Amendment and academic freedom are the cornerstones of higher education.” I’m going to hear about this.”

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Transfer Enrollments Increased Fall 2023

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Eighty-two percent of liberal arts and sciences, humanities and general studies majors changed their majors upon transfer. Eighty-two percent of liberal arts and sciences, humanities and general studies majors changed their majors upon transfer. These increases are a good sign.” respectively.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Over the past decade, some historically Black institutions have developed women’s and gender studies programs and embedded courses within general education curriculum. Nobody is going to tell our story and keep it from erasure but us.” We are in the next phase of pushing forward.”