See how many colleges may close after 2029
University Business
DECEMBER 4, 2024
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Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2025
Meet the Class of 2029 Ashley Mowreader Mon, 03/24/2025 - 03:00 AM The CIRP Freshman Survey highlights the growing diversity of incoming college students, the pressures of paying for college, increased mental health concerns among young people and, for the first time, how state policies and legislation factor into college choice.
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Another way of thinking about the national assessment of people, culture, and environment
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Can we use things we already measure to examine research culture in REF 2029? For Elizabeth Gadd there is scope to make better use of existing measures to improve research culture for everyone
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People, Culture and Environment in REF 2029: join the journey
HEPI
MARCH 20, 2024
In December 2023, in response to input to our Initial Decisions consultation, we published a series of conclusions and importantly included an extension of the assessment period until 2029 to allow more time for institutions to prepare for changes. Minimising burden This is the beginning of an exciting phase in the development of REF 2029.
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Marist College Announces Historic Transition to University Status
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 5, 2025
The timing of the transition is particularly meaningful as Marist approaches its centennial in 2029. The university currently serves over 5,000 undergraduates and 1,000 graduate students across its main campus in Poughkeepsie, its branch campus in Florence, Italy, and through various online programs. 1 among peer institutions by a U.S.
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Generation Hope to Reach 3 Million Parenting Students by 2029
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 3, 2024
It’s why she and the board of directors at Generation Hope have decided on an ambitious five-year plan that will expand its work and impact over three million parenting students by 2029.
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People, Culture and Environment in REF 2029: the journey continues
HEPI
MAY 16, 2024
The REF team recently announced updates on the development of People, Culture and Environment (PCE) for REF 2029 and opportunities for the research community to engage with the development of this aspect of the exercise. But the fact that we are recruiting people to be on the assessment panels gets me thinking about the people part of PCE.
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Building inclusive research cultures– How can we rise above EDI cynicism?
HEPI
MARCH 4, 2025
Inclusion is being accelerated by the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029, with a stronger focus on assessing People, Culture, and Environment (PCE).
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Placing research integrity at the heart of REF
HEPI
MAY 6, 2024
One such area is research assessment, for which plans for the Research Excellence Framework 2029 (REF 2029) remain a hot topic across higher education. Like many of us in the research sector, at the UK Committee on Research Integrity, we’ve been thinking hard about plans for REF 2029.
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Bias against online degrees “a PR issue”, stakeholders suggest
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
And it is only expected to grow in value, with estimations that the sector will be worth USD$279.30bn by 2029. The online learning sector has boomed in recent years expected to be worth USD$203.80 billion in 2025. The post Bias against online degrees “a PR issue”, stakeholders suggest appeared first on The PIE News.
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Shorter academic terms: Here is guidance for better outcomes
University Business
DECEMBER 16, 2024
More from UB: See how many colleges may close after 2029 Some of the challenges that schools have encountered include setting a schedule that incorporates traditional and shortened academic terms, finding classrooms for courses that require labs or other specialized facilities and managing faculty workloads.
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Most popular stories: Here is UB’s top 10 for 2024
University Business
DECEMBER 17, 2024
See how many colleges may close after 2029 A National Bureau of Economic Research paper predicts up to 80 colleges may close between 2025 and 2029 due to the onset of the heavily anticipated enrollment cliff. Here are the 10 most popular stories from University Business’ website for 2024: 1.
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Brown Reinstates Standardized Testing Requirement
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 6, 2024
Brown University will reinstate standardized testing requirements for first-year applicants, beginning with the next admission cycle to admit the Class of 2029, the university announced Tuesday.
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Higher Education Faces Challenges: Rising Costs, Declining Enrollment, and Equity Issues
Insight Into Diversity
DECEMBER 12, 2024
The higher education landscape in the United States is undergoing a seismic shift, with as many as 80 colleges and universities predicted to close by 2029. A report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia highlights troubling trends, including a 15% enrollment drop projected between 2025 and 2029.
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Brown Goes Need-Blind for International Students
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 26, 2024
The policy will begin next cycle with applicants to the Class of 2029. Brown University will adopt a need-blind admissions policy for undergraduate international students, the university announced Thursday afternoon, after meeting a $120 million fundraising goal centered on beefing up institutional financial aid for international students.
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Knocking on wood for this year’s FAFSA rollout
University Business
DECEMBER 5, 2024
” More from UB: See how many colleges may close after 2029 Barton believes the most significant way financial aid offices can help prospective and returning students is with painstaking communication and transparency. . “Regardless of whether students are applying to multiple schools, any of their financial aid offices can help.
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Open excess: remove open access burden from REF
HEPI
JUNE 10, 2024
However, the latest REF proposals for Open Access (OA) — currently under consultation — depart from the generally positive direction of the forthcoming REF 2029. We could take the opportunity of REF 2029 to develop more robust policies, incentives, and evaluation mechanisms for open research.
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Mexicans offered in-state fees in California
The PIE News
OCTOBER 24, 2023
The pilot program, which will launch next year and run until 2029, is designed to “drive economic growth” and “create new job opportunities” in California’s border communities and contribute to the state’s workforce development. The legislation will apply to low-income Mexicans who live within 45 miles of the Mexico-California border.
Jennifer Chayes reappointed as CDSS dean for five-year term
The Berkeley Blog
JANUARY 27, 2025
The dean term began January 1, 2025, and will end December 31, 2029 UC Berkeley has reappointed Jennifer Chayes, founding dean of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) to a second five-year term.
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Billion-Dollar Gift Broadens Access to Johns Hopkins
Insight Into Diversity
JULY 11, 2024
The school anticipates a substantial decrease in average total student loans, projected to drop from the current $104,000 to $60,279 by 2029. Tuition at Johns Hopkins is approximately $65,000 annually for four years, with total attendance costs, including expenses and fees, estimated to exceed $102,000 in the first year alone.
College Revives Standardized Test Requirement
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Dartmouth College plans to reinstate the standardized test requirement for applicants to the Class of 2029 and beyond, reports The Dartmouth. Lee Coffin The announcement was made via campus-wide email from Dartmouth President Dr. Sian Leah Beilock.
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Brown University Reinstates Test Requirements
Insight Into Diversity
MARCH 6, 2024
The new policy will launch with next year’s application cycle, effective for the class of 2029. After months of deliberation, Brown University administrators announced the reinstatement of SAT/ACT testing requirements across the institution.
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UTokyo partners with Acumen to boost South Asian enrolment
The PIE News
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Through student recruitment and the development of TNE, the partnership aims to double the number of South Asian students at UTokyo between 2022 and 2029. This is in line with the Japanese government’s ambitious internationalisation goals, including a target of attracting 400,000 international students by 2033.
Open Access: A Benefit Not a Burden That is Worth the Cost
HEPI
JUNE 19, 2024
They assert that “The OA compliance cost for the new requirements for long-form outputs has been estimated at £20M over a REF cycle for our university alone” and “This estimate does not include the cost of researchers and professional services teams engaging with a convoluted, technical policy.”
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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Lauded at Dr. John Hope Franklin Reception
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 14, 2023
In 2014, President Barack Obama appointed her co-chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, and in 2020 she joined The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) global board of directors to serve until 2029. Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson with Diverse co-founder Frank L.
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Perceptions of research culture
HEPI
MAY 27, 2024
And in the 2023-24 academic year, there has been much ado and additional mixed responses around the new People, Culture, and Environment (PCE) component that will be introduced in REF 2029. According to UKRI , the term research culture ‘encompasses the behaviours, values, expectations, attitudes and norms of our research communities.
From the Military to the Ivy League: Two Veterans Pursue Dartmouth’s Online Master of Engineering
Coursera blog
JANUARY 28, 2025
With his Post-9/11 GI Bill expiring in 2029, he knew this was his opportunity to explore getting his masters degree. I wanted something between software and hardwarewhere the industrial IoT space lives for me. When John received an email from Coursera about Dartmouths program , the timing couldnt have been better.
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Follow the numbers: A look at WWU enrollment rates, budget - HAILEY HOFFMAN, Cascadia Daily
Economics and Change in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
By 2029, many universities like Western will experience a “demographic cliff” with a decline in enrollment. Seattle is expecting to see an enrollment decline of 6.21% in 2029 compared to 2013, according to the College and University Professional Association. Washington and Oregon, as a whole, will see an enrollment drop of 1.5%
62% ‘prioritising’ attracting int’l students – report
The PIE News
MARCH 13, 2024
One in three (35%) say that they are the lowest priority challenge areas now, but 65% say they will become increasingly difficult by 2029. Changes in politics, tech and regulation are currently considered low priority area, but HE leaders say they will become much greater challenges in the next five years, new research has suggested.
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What can private institutions do about the middle-class squeeze?
University Business
APRIL 30, 2024
Colby College in Maine has promised the Class of 2029 that middle-class students who enroll will find their private liberal arts degree more affordable than many in-state public institutions.
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Beechside views: meeting targets
The PIE News
DECEMBER 13, 2024
With just days to go before the holiday season is upon us, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has set out six pledges that he hopes to achieve by 2029. This is when the next general election is expected to be called in the UK.
Student Accommodation after 2024 and the Need for Strategic Realignment
HEPI
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
At present, the only estimates are those provided by those who sell services to the PBSA sector: CBRE estimates a shortfall of 620,000 beds by 2029 Savills , looking at 20 key markets, concluded an additional 234,000 beds are needed now Cushman and Wakefield estimate that an additional 243,000 beds are needed by 2030.
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Harvard University becomes latest Ivy League to reinstate SAT, ACT for admissions
University Business
APRIL 12, 2024
Following the footsteps of its Ivy League peers, including Yale, Dartmouth and Brown, Harvard University announced that it is reinstating its standardized testing requirement in admissions beginning with the Class of 2029. ” Read more from USA Today.
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Not everyone can afford open access monographs
Wonkhe
APRIL 23, 2024
Adding requirements for open access books and chapters to REF will massively increase costs - and there is no additional funding to cover these. Dawn Hibbert asks for a rethink The post Not everyone can afford open access monographs appeared first on Wonkhe.
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TU Dresden and KCL transCampus aims to widen
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
“And that’s what this partnership has represented in many ways.” ” And the partnership has been successful even through the difficult Brexit period, speakers suggested.
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Int’l school grads can cushion US UG enrolment blow, says report
The PIE News
MAY 29, 2023
In 2018, Nathan Grawe, economist at Carleton College , predicted that the college-going population will drop by some 15% from 2025 to 2029. The decrease will be caused by “a sharp decline in the number of births following the Great Recession”, said Grawe.
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CSU system to consider 6% annual tuition hikes to cover a $1.5 billion budget gap - KRISTY HUTCHINGS, Press-Telegram
Economics and Change in Higher Education
JULY 14, 2023
The CSU Board of Trustees’s Committee on Finance will weigh a proposal on Tuesday, July 11, that would implement 6% tuition hikes every year starting in the fall 2024 and ending in the spring 2029 semesters. The potential move, university officials say, is necessary to cover $1.5
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THE to launch counsellors platform
The PIE News
MAY 16, 2023
up to 2029. A 2023 report from Contrive Datum Insights predicts significant growth in the global K-12 international schools market, with a compound annual growth rate of 8.8%
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Europe research unis “concerned” on security
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
It says that an additional £4 billion in public R&D funding annually by 2029/30 is needed to sustainably meet a commitment of at least 3% of GDP invested in R&D. The UK’s Guild members King’s College London , The University of Glasgow and The University of Warwick are all part of the Russell Group.
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Brown plans to become need-blind for international undergraduate students in next admissions cycle
University Business
JANUARY 26, 2024
With generous donors enabling Brown University to achieve a $120 million fundraising goal, Brown plans to become need-blind for all undergraduate international students starting with the Class of 2029, which will arrive on campus in Fall 2025.
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Economics and Change in Higher Education
APRIL 15, 2024
At a faculty senate meeting Wednesday, President Laura Bloomberg repeated that the university must “manage to our reality” – one that now, according to new projections, could see the university enrolling about 13,000 students by 2029.
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To measure research culture, start with what you value
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The next challenge for research culture is establishing agreement on the indicators to use. Sarah Whalley and Candy Rowe share their experience The post To measure research culture, start with what you value appeared first on Wonkhe.
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What to know about WVU’s budget deficit so far - Trenton Straight, the DA Online
Economics and Change in Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
WVU projects a $35 million deficit next school year, which officials say could reach $75 million by 2029. Enrollment is expected to drop by 5,000 students in the next decade. School officials prepare to be a smaller institution with fewer employees and fewer programs.
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Become a Senior Scholar
ACPA
AUGUST 17, 2023
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS AND APPLICATIONS ACPA SENIOR SCHOLARS PROGRAM 2024–2029 ACPA implemented its Senior Scholars Program in 1984. Senior Scholars complete their term of service at the close of their 2029 convention; scholars achieving Diplomate status will be recognized for this designation at the Award Ceremony at that last convention.
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