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

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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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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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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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Although higher education experts say these measures can stave off political controversy, they’ve drawn criticism from some scholars and student activists.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 17, 2024

The current system for listing college costs hampers student decisions about where to attend, a Brookings Institution report contends.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 9, 2024

Leaders shared how these issues are affecting their campuses during the Council of Independent Colleges’ annual Presidents Institute.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 10, 2024

Speakers at the Council of Independent Colleges’ Presidents Institute highlighted changes to overtime rules, Title IX and the FAFSA.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 10, 2024

With insolvency looming, the institution moved to shutter permanently and struck a teach-out partnership with Prescott College in Arizona.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 18, 2024

The institution’s officials said the donation is the largest single gift ever given to a historically Black college or university.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 30, 2023

Relatively few two-year college students go on to selective institutions, but some higher ed leaders are creating new pathways to change that.

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Complete College America suggests states give institutions upfront funding to hit completion goals rather than rewarding them after they meet their targets.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

AUGUST 13, 2024

I've always been fascinated by the idea of "colleges." When some people say "college" they might mean any four-year college that enrolls undergraduates. Others might mean everything except for-profit colleges. Do you include community colleges in your group? Some people do, and others don't.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 26, 2024

The Ohio institution’s move to close comes around the same time that Mountain State College, another proprietary institution, shut down permanently.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I want to talk about discount rate at private colleges. And the first part of this is going to get a bit into the weeds; if you work in a private college or university, and you use this in your work, or you send it to trustees, you can support my time, effort, software, and hosting costs by buying me a coffee. Now, guess what?

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 21, 2024

Bondholders may be able to highlight warning signs to institutions, argues Ricardo Azziz, a college consolidation expert.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 31, 2023

The 26-institution system also prohibited colleges from requiring diversity statements as part of employee training.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 1, 2024

The National Association for College Admission Counseling released a public directory showing which member institutions have pushed back key dates.

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College Institution 260

Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The library director of a small Pennsylvania college lays out what leaders should consider when their institutions are struggling to stay open.

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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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Higher Ed Data Stories

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It shows the undergraduate institutions of doctoral recipients from 1958 to 2023. (It The purple boxes allow you to limit the type of institution of the bachelor's degree recipients: You may want to look at Public Universities in the Southeast, for instance, or all Catholic colleges (listed as "Roman Catholic" in the filter, by the way).

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 11, 2024

Maura Healey credited MassReconnect for nearly doubling the number of adults ages 25 and older who are enrolled in the state’s two-year institutions.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 23, 2023

Brookings Institution found that comparing similarly prepared students shrunk racial, gender and socioeconomic divides in college enrollment.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 20, 2023

Proposed legislation would also block state institutions from mandating diversity training and working with Chinese entities.

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Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The credit ratings agency pointed to fluctuating demand and high costs for institutions, among other challenges.

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Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Higher education institutions house troves of student data. College leaders at Educause's annual conference shared innovative ways to use it.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 10, 2023

Nearly 4 in 5 surveyed higher education institutions said they’d had a ransomware attack in the past year, according to cybersecurity firm Sophos.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 1, 2024

The Massachusetts private nonprofit is consolidating institutional services and reducing administrative ranks amid slowing enrollment growth.

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Recent attacks on accreditation pose a dire threat to students and the nation’s postsecondary institutions.

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The agency accused the private nonprofit college of illegally taking in more financial aid than it gave to students.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 8, 2024

The 122-year-old Illinois institution had faced scrutiny from its accreditor, including over concerns about its financial health.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Worcester Polytechnic Institute recently launched both a fintech undergraduate and graduate degree program. The university is far from the first.

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A declining body of first-year students, uncertain international enrollment and high costs are weighing on many institutions, the ratings agency said.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 30, 2024

The delay further truncates the timeline for institutions to make financial aid offers, and experts have worried that holdups may harm students.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 7, 2024

Founded as a radical experiment in education, the Vermont institution’s closure follows years of mounting tensions between administration and the rank and file.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The deal will bring together two Massachusetts-based institutions focused on career education and adult learners.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 17, 2024

The beleaguered Ohio institution faced financial challenges in recent years, spurred by a legal battle with the U.S. Department of Education.

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