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Higher Education Faces Challenges: Rising Costs, Declining Enrollment, and Equity Issues

Insight Into Diversity

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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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I thought I could make more of a difference at MIT because of its unique role in science and engineering.” There have been curriculum advances, increased scholarships, growth in undergraduate research and innovations in student life. “That forced me to think about what I was doing,” she said. “I

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

The award of doctorates in Divinity had ceased to depend on advanced scholarship, and had often became more or less honorific as new Bishops began to be granted an automatic Doctorate of Divinity. Teaching-only’, ‘Teaching and Scholarship’ and ‘Teaching-focussed’ academic jobs have become increasingly common.