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See how many colleges may close after 2029

University Business

If, in the worst-case scenario, the demographic cliff wipes 15% of student enrollment between 2025 and ’29, some 80 colleges could end up closing, or about 4.6 In total, the phenomenon could affect over 100,000 students and nearly 21,000 staff. ” The colleges most likely to close are in the private sector. .

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Meet the Class of 2029

Inside Higher Ed

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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Generation Hope to Reach 3 Million Parenting Students by 2029

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Nicole Lynn Lewis founded Generation Hope in 2010, she realized that her organization could be the first place that parenting students are ever told “Yes.” “The Roughly one-in-five college students today are also parents. When we remove barriers, we see young parents and student parents do incredible things,” said Lewis. “We

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Marist College Announces Historic Transition to University Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. The timing of the transition is particularly meaningful as Marist approaches its centennial in 2029. 1 among peer institutions by a U.S.

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Student Accommodation after 2024 and the Need for Strategic Realignment

HEPI

By Martin Blakey, the former Chief Executive of the Leeds-based student housing charity Unipol. So now might be a good time to identify recent trends, cut through some of the developer-led spin that is so prevalent in the student housing world and start considering how future student housing needs may be met.

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Bias against online degrees “a PR issue”, stakeholders suggest

The PIE News

In a session led by The PIE’s CEO Amy Baker, representatives from top UK universities shared that more could be done by institutions to promote the benefits of online learning which may suit some students better than attending their program of study in person. billion in 2025.

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Danish minister calls for international student u-turn amid labour shortages

The PIE News

Denmark’s higher education minister has called for more university spaces to be opened up to international students, two years after the country capped student numbers on English-language courses. Multiple labour associations have called for the government to change its policy on international students.

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