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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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Penn State Built a Second Law School. Now, It’s Going Back to One.

Inside Higher Ed

The university built a $60 million law building on its flagship campus. A decade ago, Pennsylvania State University’s two law school campuses divorced, becoming two separately accredited entities. class of 2028 will attend the combined school, which will also be called Penn State Dickinson Law.

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How to stand out when recruiting stopped-out learners

University Business

The Ohio College Comeback Compact began in the summer of 2022 across eight partnering institutions : Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga Community College, Kent State University, Lakeland Community College, Lorain County Community College, Stark State College, The University of Akron and Youngstown State University.

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Four-year low in early acceptance applications at Harvard University

University Business

There is a noticeable dip in students applying for early acceptance at Harvard University. The volume of early applications for the Ivy League school fell by 17% for the class of 2028. Harvard said Thursday it received 54,008 applicants for the class of 2028, down 5% from the year before. Read more from Boston 25 News.

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

The Guardian - Higher Education

UC San Diego has added an innovative prerequisite to ‘prepare students for the future they really will encounter’ Melani Callicott, a human biology major at the University of California, San Diego, thinks about the climate crisis all the time. About 7,000 students from the class of 2028 will be affected this year. Continue reading.

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Brown Sees Steep Drop in Diversity of Incoming Class

Inside Higher Ed

The share of Black and Hispanic students in Brown University’s incoming Class of 2028 dropped by 10 percentage points since last year, from 29 percent to 19 percent, according to demographic data released by the university.

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Harvard Reports Drop in Black Student Enrollment

Inside Higher Ed

Fourteen percent of Harvard University’s Class of 2028 identify as Black or African American, a drop of four percentage points from last year, according to institutional data released Wednesday. The news comes a little over a year after the Supreme Court ruled against the university in Students for Fair Admissions v.

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