University Business

APRIL 2, 2025

(Updated: April 2, 2025) With college closings expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff, two small regional colleges avoided shutting their doors by merging with larger institutions. The college closings and mergers of 2025 Rosemont College (Penn.) Cornish College of the Arts (Wash.)

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University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

These investments help colleges and universities develop new credential pathways, making higher education more accessible to students and more responsive to workforce demands. Key funding strategies for micro-credentials in higher education include: Reducing student costs through direct aid.

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Educause

APRIL 13, 2023

Alternative postsecondary education providers are becoming a significant part of the U.S. higher education ecosystem. Creating a map of the ecosystem and establishing a taxonomy can help traditional colleges and universities make informed choices about how to work with these providers.

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University Business

MARCH 28, 2025

Amid intense scrutiny from policymakers and the broader public on the value of higher education, no role may be more important than the college advisor, says Lafayette College President Nicole Hurd. However, limited staffing and resources have kept students in the dark on the transformative power of postsecondary education.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Banning AI use in college classrooms is a pointless and exhausting endeavor. Below is a short list Ive discovered for myself and have provided to my students: Generative AI for Educators: A 2-hour online course from Google to learn generative AI to assist your teaching practice. So, what does it mean to be AI literate?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

More than 50 colleges and universities in Kansas waived their application fees this week as part of a state initiative to improve accessibility and encourage residents to consider postsecondary education.

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2025

Growing up in a household where college seemed out of reach, I enrolled in the Savannah State University Upward Bound program as a high school student. With the support of dedicated TRIO professionals, I received academic mentoring, college preparation guidance and exposure to career pathways I had never imagined possible.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 2, 2023

Finlandia University announced Thursday that it will not enroll students for the upcoming academic year and has teach-out agreements in place as it prepares to close. In a statement announcing the looming closure, the Board of Trustees pointed to demographic changes that have led to a “steep decrease in interest in going to college.”

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IHEP

JUNE 30, 2024

A new IHEP analysis of data released through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) reveals the prevalence of legacy admissions policies among selective colleges and universities. Colleges should end legacy admissions policies to expand college access Last year’s U.S.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

So of course, she has her sights set on college. But Worden, who has an intellectual disability, has limited higher ed options Maine, where few colleges and universities have what she needs: an Inclusive Postsecondary Education, or IPSE, program. Advocates are hoping it gets another chance this year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

education or universities, specifically. However, there is a network of tribally run colleges and universities that are the ongoing extension of those sovereignties as well as key vehicles for continuing to liberate the sovereign potential. These priorities often are not the focus in U.S. There are 37 TCUs within the U.S.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

More than half of all working-class Americans hold a college degree or credential beyond high school, according to a new report from the Lumina Foundation, a higher education advocacy group. Lumina Foundation has monitored local, state and national college attainment rates since 2008. points, followed by Utah at 22.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 14, 2024

Department of Education has awarded more than $40 million in grant funding to help improve completion rates for underserved students. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal. These awards will not only help find new ways to help students graduate; they will help change expectations.”

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University Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

College completion rates flattened this year, with slight and similar decreases in the number of white, Black, and Latinx graduates compared to 2021. compared to 2020, according to the latest Completing College report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Community college graduation rates increased slightly.

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College Viability

MARCH 8, 2023

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a valuable resource for parents, students, and educators who want to gather data and statistics about colleges and universities in the United States. Here are.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

For instance, the pandemic caused many students to rethink their postsecondary decisions. Similarly, a recent report from the American School Counselor Association revealed that more than one-fourth of the graduating class of 2023 reported having doubts about college. Thirty-five percent would rather it last two years or fewer.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Two small Catholic institutions in New York will soon become one, with Trocaire College set to purchase Medaille University, according to WGRZ , an NBC affiliate based in Buffalo. The two colleges have been in discussions since October 2021, and Trocaire purchased six properties from Medaille in late 2022. Hide by line?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

Image: Iowa Wesleyan University is closing, citing rising costs, shifting enrollment trends, declining fundraising and the governor’s rejection of a proposal for federal COVID-19 relief funds. Now, as university officials and the governor trade blame, the college is set to close in May.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 3, 2024

When the revised Pell Grant regulations went into effect in July 2023, they contained a provision that college in prison programs must now document how they and/or organizations with which they partner provide reentry services. This report was funded by ECMC Foundation.

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University Business

MAY 15, 2024

Colleges and universities nationwide continue to grapple with demographic shifts, fiscal challenges and the lasting impacts of the pandemic. Against these larger societal forces, many higher education institutions have focused considerable attention and resources on improving access and affordability for their students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Supreme Court heard arguments regarding race-conscious admissions policies, higher education stakeholders gathered to discuss the barriers keeping more women and people of color from becoming college and university presidents. Less than one third identify as women, and the majority of those women are white.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2024

Latino college students are more likely to be first-generation students and less likely to leave college having earned their degrees, according to a new report from Excelencia in Education. This is a significant college-going population,” Labandera told Diverse. Of the Latino students in U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

It is evident that the low African American male student graduation rates at a predominantly Black institution in the northeastern United States continue to be a concern for higher education administrators. There are serious inequities among students who graduate from colleges. Not dropout rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Stevie Lawrence II will become provost and vice president of academic affairs at Lincoln University of Missouri , effective July 1. Lawrence has served as vice president for postsecondary education at the Southern Regional Education Board. Dr. Stevie L. Lawrence holds a Ph.D. Lawrence holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

Mamie Voight “By unpacking the nuances of value delivery across different contexts, this research strengthens the evidence-base showing that college is worth the investment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2023

Socio-economic status has a strong correlation with whether or not a high school graduate enrolls in college within 18 months of graduating. Sade Bonilla, an assistant professor of policy, organizations, leadership and systems division at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings are even more striking when disaggregated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

While more students with some college, no credential (SCNC) re-enrolled in educational programs this year than last year, there are still 36.8 million Americans under the age of 65 without credentials, despite attending a postsecondary institution. The SCNC population has grown in every state except Alaska, which held steady.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2024

The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) has released its latest policy recommendations to make postsecondary education affordable and completable for all students. “It The 2024-25 maximum Pell Grant covers just 26% of the costs of attending college. that are helping students complete.

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University Business

AUGUST 1, 2024

million, and 85% of them will require some postsecondary education. A college degree may not be the only postsecondary option for high school graduates, but it may be preferred among those who value earnings potential. The post Do college degrees lead to better jobs? The post Do college degrees lead to better jobs?

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The PIE News

MARCH 27, 2024

Ontario is expected to give 96% of its allocated study permit applications to public colleges and universities, as a result of the cap requirement handed down to provinces from federal government. Only Algoma University is likely to see a decline, with the remaining universities likely to keep applications at the 2023 level.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The recent Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies report on the steep enrollment declines of Black male students at community colleges is a stark reminder that our sector must accelerate the crucial work to ensure the academic success of Black male students. Economist Dr. Anthony P.

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University Business

MAY 9, 2023

The University of New Mexico discovered yesterday that across the state’s college and university system, 60% or more of its students suffered basic needs insecurity, such as food and housing. In January, 49% of students at 39 Washington higher education institutions experienced food or housing insecurity.

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University Business

AUGUST 15, 2023

Community colleges’ ease of access, relatively low cost and opportunities for under-resourced students, coupled with their high dropout rates and spotty record of upward transfers , have given higher education’s underdog a mercurial reputation. Similarly, community colleges experienced a whopping 12.4%

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University Business

APRIL 1, 2024

Nearly $376 million will be funneled into nonprofits, community colleges and universities to provide scholarships for migrant students and seasonal farmworkers and their children to pursue higher education or earn their GED, an alternative to a four-year high school diploma. Read more from the Oregon Capital Chronicle.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2023

I’m arguing—and would learn from hearing the counterargument—that public-serving higher education should be treated as a public good. The marginal tax rate on high-income earners should go up, and some of that money should go to public-serving colleges and universities. Where should that public money come from?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Stephanie Akunvabey Stephanie Akunvabey has been named associate vice president for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Pace University in New York.

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