University Business

JULY 30, 2024

It is not an overstatement to claim that higher education in the United States is facing unprecedented challenges that pose an existential threat for many colleges and universities. According to recent data , at least 56 public or nonprofit colleges have closed, merged, or announced closures or mergers since March 2020.

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Wonkhe

JUNE 13, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us to “that godless institution in Gower Street” The post Higher education postcard: University College London appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

While traits like courage may be more innate, other key skills can be learned, writes Ricardo Azziz, an expert in corporate restructuring in higher education

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The agency said the private Ohio college, which has hallmarks of an institution on the verge of closure, illegally took more financial aid than it was due.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

Sacramento State has been designated as a Black Serving Institution by the California State Assembly, Sacramento County, and the city of Sacramento. I want to express my profound gratitude to the California State Legislature, Sacramento County, and the city of Sacramento for recognizing us as a Black Serving Institution.”

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The small liberal arts institution will need to overcome long-term underfunding challenges to reach 1,200 students by 2028, President Richard Corcoran said.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 5, 2024

New Commission on Faith-Based Institutions Launched Sara Weissman Wed, 06/05/2024 - 03:00 AM A group of leaders of religiously affiliated colleges and universities gathered in Washington, D.C., for a first meeting hosted by the American Council on Education. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Aspen Institute has named the 150 community colleges that can compete for its $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. public two-year colleges – were chosen for high and improving levels of student success and equitable outcomes for lower-income, Black, and Hispanic students.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

JUNE 25, 2024

Each year, the Association of American Medical Colleges publishes a lot of data about admission to medical colleges in the US. The fourth tab shows which undergraduate institutions sent applications to US Medical Schools in what quantity, based on student ethnicity. But I still find it compelling an instructive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

A college education gave Aracely Bahenat access to a career in health care that enabled her to provide a better life for her three sons and escape violent domestic abuse. Four in every 10 college undergraduates leave school before completing a degree. Julie Peller Aracely is hardly alone. One size doesn’t fit all in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

Two new reports and an online dashboard from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, are part of an ambitious effort to tell the story of transfer students. One report was designed for community college leaders to read — the other was for four-year institutional leaders.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 28, 2024

California Bill Would Create ‘Black-Serving Institution’ Designation Sara Weissman Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM Some lawmakers and higher ed leaders in California want a state-level designation highlighting colleges and universities serving Black students well. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Now that college football season is in full swing again, millions of fans will be planted in front of their televisions cheering on their favorite teams. These recruits, too, will have players of color heavily represented among the most desired group of prospects.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

APRIL 22, 2024

And when it does, it won't be at one of "those" colleges. It will not tell you which colleges are likely to close soon, although after the fact, you can probably find a closed college and say, "Aha! This will show you the discount rate on first-year students at about 1,000 four-year, private, not-for-profit colleges in 2021-22.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 11, 2024

2 SUNY Institutions, 1 Campus Sara Weissman Thu, 01/11/2024 - 03:00 AM Clinton Community College plans to move its operations to SUNY Plattsburgh’s campus by the 2025–26 academic year in response to enrollment and financial challenges. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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Higher Ed Data Stories

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This is always a popular post with high school counselors, IECs, parents, and students who are looking for general information on degrees awarded, or very specific combinations of academic programs, location, and other institutional characteristics. If you want a private college, another two clicks and you find it's Oberlin.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 19, 2023

Rhodes College has received an $800,000 grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation to create a new program that will focus on researching and developing curricula related to racial equity, discrimination, and justice in Memphis and the Mid-South region.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The latest enrollment figures for upward transfer students from two-year institutions to four-year institutions illustrate impressive vital signs that their efforts are working. The post Community college students are returning to four-year institutions, up nearly 8% since last year appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

We, the undersigned, strongly support California State Senate Bill 1348: Black-Serving Institution Program, which would create California's first Minority Serving Institutional designation. Frank Harris III At the federal level, similar designations exist under the Minority Serving Institution program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

Amarillo College and Imperial Valley College has been chosen as winners of the Aspen Institute Prize for Community College Excellence. More than 50% of transfer students from Imperial Valley earn a bachelor’s degree within six years of entering community college – about 10 percentage points above the national average.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 26, 2023

Image: Hilbert College is marrying outside the faith. The four-year Roman Catholic nonprofit college in New York announced Wednesday that it would acquire Valley College, a for-profit career institution with four sites in Ohio and West Virginia.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 16, 2024

Religious Institutions Embrace AI as an Educational Tool Lauren.Coffey@… Tue, 04/16/2024 - 03:00 AM Despite widespread concerns about AI among secular and nonsecular institutions, religious colleges are treating generative AI as a tool for lessons that go beyond academics and also focus on the whole person.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

The global nonprofit Aspen Institute has named 20 semifinalists for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, a $1 million prize. The Aspen Institute plans to announce 10 finalists in June. The Aspen Institute plans to announce 10 finalists in June.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Why is that?

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University Business

AUGUST 13, 2024

Consequently, more than half of the surveyed executives (56%) said their institutions are beginning to shift their priorities to match this growing demand for online degrees, according to the report. Only 35% of chief online learning offices indicated that their institutions promote the quality of their online programs.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JUNE 19, 2024

King’s College London poll finds people rank universities behind only the NHS, armed forces and royal family The British public values the UK’s universities more highly than the legal system or the BBC, according to a survey of attitudes towards higher education by King’s College London. Continue reading.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 11, 2024

Bill show that veterans who use their benefits to enroll at private nonprofit institutions and public flagships tend to have higher college completion rates and salaries than those who enroll at for-profit institutions. Two new reports on the Post-9/11 G.I.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2024

The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, & Justice has released its final report on equity in higher education. The Proctor Institute is a national center devoted to exploring issues of leadership, equity, and justice in higher education.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A group of Black representatives recently established a new congressional caucus to educate policymakers and develop public policy that supports and addresses the needs of Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs). PBIs are mostly public two-year institutions that serve 6.8 Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.), Davis (D-Ill.), Clarke (D-N.Y.),

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

The Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College recently hosted its second spring symposium addressing Black male identities, manhood, and masculinities. BMRI Executive Director Dr. Derrick R.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This piece is the first part of two on the topic of institutional autonomy. The Higher Education and Research Act of 2017 (HERA) asserts that both the Secretary of State and the Office for Students ‘must have regard to the need to protect the institutional autonomy of English higher education providers’. Questions are being asked.

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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. ” Greene’s comments shed light on a more significant issue across higher education.

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ACRLog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The transformation of Higher Education institutions has been an ongoing journey, gaining momentum due to the sweeping changes triggered by COVID-19 and a growing awareness of existential threats like climate change, inflation, housing insecurity, and institutional discrimination.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2024

Two NY Institutions' Programs, Missions Shift With the Times kathryn.palmer… Thu, 03/14/2024 - 03:00 AM Clarkson University is transferring 16 graduate teacher education programs to Siena College in a deal both institutions expect to help them weather enrollment shifts. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

higher education institutions was $58 billion in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. The CASE Insights SM on Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) survey is the definitive source of data about philanthropic support for nonprofit and public higher education institutions in the U.S. colleges and universities, accounting for 64.7%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

The Education Design Lab has announced the launch of its new Rural College Design and Data Academy. However, rural-serving institutions often do not have the same access to state funding, infrastructure, and human resources as other institutions to provide innovative and responsive programs and supports for rural learners.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

The rise of higher education and cost of attendance inflation Historically, in the United States, the growth of institutions of higher education (IHEs) has been directly related to the increase in population. Along with the increase in the number of institutions came the increase in the cost of college attendance.

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