Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Borough of Manhattan Community College and the Institute for Justice and Opportunity at John Jay College of Criminal Justice have teamed up to create a new degree-granting Prison-to-College Pathways (P2CP) program for incarcerated students at Otisville Correctional Facility in upstate New York.

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MindMax

JULY 15, 2024

Steven Mintz, author and professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, posits that higher ed has strayed too far from its traditional purpose: providing a holistic liberal arts education that produces students who are “life-ready.” The Point of a College Education Is… So, what is the point of a college education?

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

Background Founded in 1859, Whitman College is a private liberal arts institution located in Walla Walla, Washington. Whitman prides itself on a student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1, facilitating personalized education. Since 2000, students have secured more than 600 awards.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 9, 2024

By partnering with other institutions, colleges can quickly introduce new programs in high-demand fields, attracting students who might otherwise have overlooked small liberal arts schools. The number of humanities degrees has declined by 14% in the past decade, according to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The enormous potential of transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions presents a ray of hope among the pandemic-related enrollment declines, which have particularly affected students from marginalized backgrounds. Yet challenges remain.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

Paired with Americans' confidence in higher education falling to 36%, according to a recent Gallup Poll, higher education institutions are not only dealing with declining traditional student populations but reduced trust in the market – but that’s not all. Higher education is indeed a business, the business of student transformation.

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University Business

MARCH 18, 2025

It’s not just because it meets the needs of the student; it’s also because it’s where the dollars are getting shifted to.” “Historically, many four-year schools have been somewhat detached from the job market, focusing more on traditional liberal arts education,” Dinski says. ” U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

She possesses an associate degree earned in her early 20’s from her local community college. Most demographic and related higher education surveys do not include a box for place-bound students to check. Marta also takes care of her mother, who has declining health and requires increasing levels of care. Lawrence A.

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University Business

AUGUST 9, 2024

Under McNulty’s tenure, the Christian liberal arts college saw applications hit a two-decade high, and endowment and fundraising levels doubled, TribLIVE reports. John Sygielski – Harrisburg Area Community College (Penn.) Young President Wallace Community College-Dothan Linda C.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 18, 2022

Work colleges like Berea and Paul Quinn require all students to perform campus jobs to defray part of their education’s cost. Because it makes it easier for students to transfer credits. Which is why I was bowled over when I learned what a neighboring institution, Austin Community College, was up to.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Fall transfer enrollment remains in decline in 2022, albeit at a slower rate than before, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The decline was also observed across institutions at all levels of selectiveness, the worst being for students transferring to highly selective institutions (-13.4%).

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Higher education stakeholders have been transfixed by declining student enrollment numbers in the past decade, which were only exacerbated further by the pandemic. But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. gain in first-time college students, thanks in part to an 8.9%

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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The University of Minnesota Morris is excited to share with potential students that they could potentially save $20,000 on tuition costs for a bachelor’s degree, which may appease a public and federal government pushing for a more affordable higher education. However, Ericksen is confident her students are up for the challenge.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

Antioch University, Bard College, Cuyahoga Community College, and Elizabethtown College will host the newest centers, bringing the total of TRHT partner institutions to 71. AAC&U is accepting applications for the 2024 institute , held virtually June 25-28.

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

The work college consortium cultivates collaboration between the universities to ensure their students are earning their degrees, paying their dues and earning invaluable, employable skills in the process. A high proportion of the students are first-generation and Pell Grant eligible. Berea College in Berea (Ky.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

This misalignment impacts both local and national economies, as well as the social mobility and economic growth potentials of students. The report calls for more intentional partnerships to be built between institutions, workforce leaders, and for more guidance to help students decide which educational program to pursue.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Held at Johns Hopkins University, the summit brought together presidents and chancellors from a wide array of institutions, including research universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges. AJC CEO Ted Deutch highlighted the important role universities play in upholding democratic values.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Image: After more than two years of declining enrollment numbers, fall 2022 finally brought refreshing news: freshman enrollment, which represented the most significant deficits throughout the pandemic, is up from the previous year, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. and 2 percent.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

Image: Rising numbers of community college students kept total enrollment across all sectors of higher education flat this spring despite a decline in the largest category of institutions by share of enrollment: public four-year universities. Community college enrollment increased by 2.1

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University Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

A lot of higher ed trends have been upended over the last few years, but gradually changing college student demographics is not one of them. “We’ve seen mergers and consolidations, and other plans to try to address a decline in the number of students coming to campus,” he adds. First-year college success seminars.

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University Business

DECEMBER 17, 2024

See how many colleges may close after 2029 A National Bureau of Economic Research paper predicts up to 80 colleges may close between 2025 and 2029 due to the onset of the heavily anticipated enrollment cliff. Special categories highlight the best value, innovation, social mobility and historically Black colleges. Read the story.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

The top 25 universities in one popular ranking serve only 1% of the undergraduate students enrolled in the more than 4,000 postsecondary institutions. community colleges combined. For the record, the “ top four ” institutions serve approximately 77,500 students combined. Community colleges serve 6.2

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University Business

JULY 1, 2024

I agree that the cuts to language study at WVU deprive all its students of a seminal educational opportunity, such as highly marketable skills in intercultural competency and communicative competency. But at institutions where students’ family income is under $70,000, it is considered a luxury. How is this possible?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

more students than the previous year were able to successfully transfer to a new institution. That’s according to the latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit studying data from a majority of postsecondary institutions in the U.S. In fall of 2023, 5.3% These increases are a good sign.”

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Image: When Ryan Weger was a high school student in Northern Virginia, he longed to attend Virginia Tech for college. But he changed his mind after his father returned to college in his late 30s and earned an online, competency-based bachelor’s degree at Western Governors University in a single year. The Numbers.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Image: A new automotive technology program at Coconino Community College, launched last fall, is on pause as campus leaders struggle to hire a full-time faculty member to keep it afloat. The college offered four automotive technology classes last fall and five courses in the spring, serving 46 students.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 30, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. In dual enrollment programs, high school students take college classes that count for both high school credit and college credit. That sounds straightforward enough, and if students are only taking a couple of courses that way, it is.

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MindMax

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Summer isn’t what it used to be for higher education institutions and their students. Today, colleges and universities everywhere increasingly embrace the concept of a holistic year , and summer sessions have become an essential component of both standard and alternative educational pathways. Study abroad programs.

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 20, 2022

First, post-traditional students being recruited aggressively by a surprisingly broad swath of colleges and universities. One could argue this trend started with the MOOCs and with OPMs like 2U moving upmarket, if you consider employed white-collar college graduates as post-traditional. Enrollment shifts.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean A number of terrific tidbits have come in over the last week or so, most of which are directly relevant to student success. ” Among other measures, the graduation rate for Black students nearly tripled. It’s a great idea, and I could imagine students eating it up.

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University Business

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Although most colleges and universities are scrambling to moderate precisely how students should be allowed to use it, faculty and administrators are inviting its use systemwide. “If used appropriately, AI can do some of the things we pay college consultants to do.”

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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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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. As a student, the first time I set foot in my college’s career center was in my senior year. The CARD class wasn’t perfect – some of the older students found it insultingly basic – but the theory behind it had some basis in reality.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

A Black and openly queer woman, Williams-Goliday serves as a guide of sorts, helping students navigate their identity and the world around them, and how they can continue to be authentic as they go about their studies and approach the workplace, she says. “A There, she worked with students academically underprepared for college, she says.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 15, 2025

Addressing Higher Education ROI and Public Perception The ROI of a college education remains strong over a lifetime, yet that message isnt reaching the people whove never enrolled or who left college without completing. Most current students believe their degree will pay off , but prospective students remain unconvinced.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Campuses report , published every five years by the American Council on Education , indicates that student mobility – which has been a top priority for internationalisation since 2016 – will continue to be a key priority beyond the pandemic. ODU is also looking to democratise global education, he continued.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Highlights included: “I’d like to make our state governments think about a state level budget line item for state type PELL grants so that our need based aid matched [to] what students need to attend college.” ” (There’s merit in this.

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