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Villanova and Rosemont Announce Merger, Smaller Catholic Institution to Be Absorbed by 2028

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In what officials describe as a response to "the changing higher education landscape," Rosemont College and Villanova University have announced a merger agreement that will eventually see the smaller Catholic institution absorbed into its larger neighbor on Philadelphia's Main Line. Villanova University President Rev.

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How to stand out when recruiting stopped-out learners

University Business

Stopped-out learners’ past-due balances often bar them from re-enrolling in higher education. The compact partnered with ReUp Education during the program’s full implementation in 2023-24 to provide early advising to prospective students who are balancing other personal responsibilities. GPA or higher.

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Texas A&M Shutters Controversial Qatar Campus

Inside Higher Ed

Texas A&M University will close its campus in Qatar by 2028, ending a 21-year partnership with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, run by the Qatari government.

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The pandemic may have ended but the demand for edtech is growing

University Business

One of the greatest challenges higher education has ever had to face was the pandemic. Colleges didn’t choose but were forced to overcome barriers to instruction through innovative educational technology solutions with little to no turnaround as students returned home for remote learning. to nearly $78 billion in 2020.

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Campus diversity is becoming difficult to measure as students keep their race and ethnicity hidden on college applications

University Business

As higher education institutions begin reporting the racial makeup of the class of 2028—the first to be affected by the 2023 decision—the data is hard to interpret, confusing and inconclusive.

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What were people reading about higher education in 2022?

HEPI

Her piece split opinion but generated a lively debate, which is of course HEPI’s purpose as the UK’s only dedicated higher education think tank. Mary also has an entry this year at number 16, with a counter-intuitive piece on minimum entry requirements for higher education. appeared first on HEPI.

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A US university has a new requirement to graduate: take a climate change course

The Guardian - Higher Education

About 7,000 students from the class of 2028 will be affected this year. Courses must cover at least 30% climate-related content and address two of four areas, including scientific foundations, human impacts, mitigation strategies, and project-based learning. Continue reading.