University Business

APRIL 2, 2025

(Updated: April 2, 2025) With college closings expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff, two small regional colleges avoided shutting their doors by merging with larger institutions. The college closings and mergers of 2025 Rosemont College (Penn.) Cornish College of the Arts (Wash.)

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University Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

From 2023 through 2028, ten community colleges across the nation will have the opportunity to participate in a program that will boost their reputations in a big way. The Aspen Institute, in partnership with the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher College, Columbia University, leads the initiative.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Ohio Wesleyan University has received an estate commitment of $12 million to support first-generation college students. One of every five Ohio Wesleyan students is the first in their family to attend college, according to university officials. Thirty-eight percent of the Class of 2028 are first-generation college students.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. The institutions lost 13 percent of their employees nationally from January 2020 to April 2022, according to an estimate from EAB, a higher education consulting firm.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. Moono, president of SUNY Schenectady County Community College. Shes known for her transformational work in higher education, says Dr. Theresa B.

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University Business

MARCH 7, 2025

A professor of history, Benson has also taught at every school where he eventually became president, which also includes Eastern Kentucky University, Southern Utah University and Snow College in Ephraim, Utah. Charles Edmonds, Lycoming College Charles Edmonds – Lycoming College (Penn.) He begins his new position in July.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. 6 trends to watch in 2023 1.

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SRHE

JULY 13, 2023

The initial decisions on REF 2028 (REF 2028/23/01 from Research England et al ), based on the report on FRAP – the Future Research Assessment Programme – contain one surprise and one non-surprise among nearly 40 decisions. by Ian McNay Surprise, surprise…or not.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

The program will be the first at a Division 1 historically Black college or university, according to officials. Alabama State University’s Department of Athletics has announced its plans to launch a competitive women's flag football program in the 2024-25 academic year.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The 2012–13 academic year presented an opportunity of a lifetime for me as an American Council on Education Fellow (#administratorwannabe #becarefulwhatyouwishfor)—a year to study higher education without the burden of a day job (a sabbatical for administrators).

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) stand out for recognizing that every student deserves access to quality education and are also centers for research and innovation (TEConomy, 2022). billion by 2028 (Fortune Business Insights, 2022). The global virtual reality market size is expected to reach USD 84.09

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) stand out for recognizing that every student deserves access to quality education and are also centers for research and innovation (TEConomy, 2022). billion by 2028 (Fortune Business Insights, 2022). The global virtual reality market size is expected to reach USD 84.09

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

The work being done across Ohio and beyond to shape the future of research and innovation, workforce development, the arts, health care, college affordability and college athletics is remarkable. It will last through the end of 2028. Walter "Ted" Carter Jr., Carter will begin his term on January 1 st.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 27, 2023

At Goucher College, every single student pursuing a degree is expected to study abroad for at least some amount of time. Goucher College Though Goucher’s study abroad requirement was implemented in 2006, the motivations behind it can be traced back to the school’s founder, the Rev. The goal is to reach 15% by 2028, Devereaux said.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

New College of Florida is seeking a $400 million state investment over the next five years to help it boost enrollment and compete with other liberal arts colleges, a highly unusual amount for a public institution with roughly 700 students. The college had 669 students in 2022.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Bay Path University announced Tuesday its plans to acquire Cambridge College, bringing together two private Massachusetts nonprofits focused on career education. The colleges expect the deal to close this June pending accreditor and regulatory approval.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Demand for higher education is high, with more and more young people seeing the value of a university education, which is obviously great news for the sector. This is a particular challenge for newer institutions, such as further education colleges that deliver higher education.

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University Business

AUGUST 21, 2023

“In addition to Missouri, thousands of jobs are being created across the country, and there is an emerging need for educated employees to support and sustain the industry.” By 2028, others put the cannabis industry’s market cap at nearly $200 billion. The economic impact is becoming difficult to ignore.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. In July, Agnes Scott College launched the Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for a Transformed Future project, which aims to elevate the lives and stories of the people of color who built the college. Multicultural Mentorship — Augustana College.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

State of Play 2023 The state of higher education seems to live near a precipice, and as we enter a new year, many of us are clinging to the edge. In the final weeks of 2019, I posted what I believed were the eight leading threats to higher education. National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) Changes 3.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image: The Association for the Study of Higher Education, like many organizations, plots its annual meetings several years ahead. Guilbeau, the higher ed research group’s executive director. California had 133,399 full-time higher education employees as of March 2021, according to U.S.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 6, 2025

Georgia lawmakers are considering legislation to guarantee that graduates of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have a formal role in shaping the state’s higher education policies. If enacted, it will secure HBCU graduates’ involvement in shaping higher education policies.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

QAA Scotland has today launched the new website for Scotland’s Tertiary Enhancement Programme (STEP), managed in partnership with the College Development Network (CDN). STEP is a new national enhancement programme that enables Scotland’s colleges and universities to work together to develop initiatives to enhance the learner experience.

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Higher Education Inquirer

AUGUST 30, 2022

The US Department of Education (ED) continues to paint rosy projections about higher education enrollment despite harsh economic and demographic realities--and increasing skepticism about the value of college degrees. Related link: College Meltdown 2.2: Related link: College Meltdown 2.2:

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