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Higher Education Faced Mounting Enrollment and Security Challenges in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from United Educators reveals that enrollment concerns reclaimed the top spot as the most pressing risk facing colleges and universities in 2024, with 71% of institutions identifying it as a major challenge. This represents an increase from 67% in the previous year.

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Modern College Students Face Financial Fragility While Still Valuing Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report reveals that today's college students are navigating significant financial challenges while balancing competing priorities, yet they continue to believe in the value of higher education. Despite these challenges, students overwhelmingly affirmed the value of higher education.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Lastly, a college or university’s commitment must be sustained over time. Santiago and Sarita E. and graduate 19%.

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The college closings of 2024—and what lies beyond

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A flurry of colleges and universities have shuttheir doors following the pandemic, and 2024 didn’t show signs of slowing down. Chances are closings will continue to uptick as higher education braces for the expected demographic cliff. Centuries of serving higher education erased.

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College Application Surge: Underrepresented Students Lead Growth in 2024-25 Admissions Cycle

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to Common App's latest "Deadline Update" report released Thursday, college applications for the 2024-25 admissions cycle continue to show strong growth, particularly among underrepresented and first-generation students. to 14% White applicants' share of the applicant pool continued its long-term decline, dropping from 48.2%

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7 higher education trends to watch in 2024

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Colleges will likely grapple with continued consolidation, the rise of artificial intelligence and more attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Understanding Academic Exile After the 2024 Election

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For many of us whose work or lived experiences connect race, gender, history, or sexuality, within education, exile is less about leaving and more about staying in a space where we know we’re not fully welcome. Now is the time for colleges and universities to actively protect those of us who are, as I put it, exiled, yet unyielding.