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How Colleges Across the Nation are Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

s legacy through the Martin Luther King Day symposium, an academic credit workshop where both students can earn academic or continuing education credits for their participation in the event.The course is offered at no additional cost, regardless of a students credit load. Leadership Program and Gospel Choir.

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The college closings of 2024—and what lies beyond

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Chances are closings will continue to uptick as higher education braces for the expected demographic cliff. Centuries of serving higher education erased. The only public university on this list, enrollment at Maritime Academy has fallen by 31% since the 2016-17 academic year, Cal Matters reports.

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

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Despite the collaborative efforts of the entire Northland family, we no longer have the resources needed to navigate the economic and demographic storms endangering small, liberal arts institutions today, said Ted Bristol, chair of the college’s board of trustees. Centuries of serving higher education erased.

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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). While online education has grown exponentially in the U.S., Despite increased opportunities for online educational programming, their analysis concludes “.it’s

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College closures are surging. Can institutions pause the plummet?

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However, proponents of higher education are still struggling to alleviate the consequences students and employees face. University of the Arts in Pennsylvania, which gave its community a seven-day notice before closing in June, faces a pair of class-action lawsuits. .”

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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% Yet, these climbs did not outweigh continuing transfer student declines.

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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. For students who started community college in 2016, which means a portion of their six years overlapped with COVID, 35% obtained a credential.