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    This week in 5 numbers: 2U CEO steps down

    We’re rounding up our top recent stories, from an executive change at an online program manager to a legal blow to the Biden administration. 

    By • Oct. 11, 2024
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    Admissions experts tackle test-optional policies, recruitment and more

    We’re rounding up our coverage from the recent National Association for College Admission Counseling’s annual conference.

    By • Oct. 8, 2024
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    Student Success

    Explore how universities are working to boost student outcomes by integrating remedial education, providing mental health tools and making education more accessible. 

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
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    The fallout: University of the Arts haunted by unanswered questions months after sudden closure

    Students and employees were left in the lurch after the nearly 150-year-old institution shuttered with just a week's notice.

    By • Oct. 8, 2024
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    From resistance to resilience: Mastering change management in higher education

    Change management in higher ed faces unique challenges, from complex governance structures to a culture steeped in tradition. These efforts require a unique approach.

    By Julie Mao, Mark Ladisch, Courtney Jackson, Laura Campbell, and Jenny Denver • Oct. 7, 2024
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    This week in 5 numbers: George Mason law school faces $38M in running losses

    We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from a heavy cumulative loss at one law school to a guide on welcoming transfer students.

    By • Oct. 4, 2024
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    Top higher education conferences to attend in 2025

    We’re rounding up a list of the remaining events this year to help college leaders and administrators plan the back half of their calendar.

    By , , • Updated June 10, 2025
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    Cracking the code: What today’s parents really want from colleges

    A new report reviews the wants of 11 thousand prospective college families and their impact on enrollment.

    Sept. 30, 2024
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    This week in 5 numbers: No answer at the Education Department’s FAFSA call center

    We’re rounding up top recent stories, from watchdog reports on the FAFSA debacle to surcharges on students at Arizona State University.

    By • Sept. 27, 2024
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    Scathing GAO reports blame Education Department leaders for FAFSA mess

    A monthslong investigation found the department failed to properly oversee vendors and communicate with colleges and students.

    By • Sept. 24, 2024
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    This week in 5 numbers: Academic publishers hit with antitrust lawsuit

    We’re rounding up top recent stories, from a legal complaint targeting free peer review to a Chicago college looking to cut academic programs. 

    By • Sept. 20, 2024
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    This week in 5 numbers: Wittenberg University makes heavy employee cuts

    We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from an Ohio institution laying off staff and faculty to a Brown University trustee resigning.

    By • Sept. 13, 2024
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    Attacks on higher ed could portend Southern ‘brain drain,’ AAUP says

    Almost half of surveyed members saw a decline in applications for faculty positions, and more than a quarter reported seeking jobs elsewhere.

    By • Sept. 10, 2024
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    Higher ed construction pendulum back in full swing

    Messer’s Nick Proffitt sees burgeoning demand in the sector, from student housing to athletic and academic buildings.

    By Matthew Thibault • Sept. 9, 2024
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    This week in numbers: UNC’s gambit to reengage stopped-out students

    We’re rounding up our top recent stories, from a North Carolina initiative to reenroll students to one college's decades-long path toward reaccreditation.

    By • Sept. 6, 2024
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    Common App to expand direct admissions effort

    The online portal will offer proactive acceptance letters from 116 colleges during the 2024-25 application cycle.

    By • Updated Sept. 5, 2024
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    How Boston University manages the disposal chaos of move-out season

    One of the largest universities in Massachusetts diverted an estimated 113 tons of material from disposal as students left in May.

    By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 4, 2024
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    This week in 5 numbers: UMGC’s $25.7M failed IT project

    We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from an audit of a public online college to a merger in Texas.

    By • Aug. 30, 2024
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    This week in 5 numbers: Officials call for probe into Sasse’s spending

    We’re rounding up top recent stories, from outcry over presidential office spending to a look at the size of U.S. versus European colleges.

    By • Aug. 23, 2024
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    University of California and Cal State tighten protest rules ahead of fall term

    Officials from both systems said their institutions won't allow encampments or protesters to wear masks to conceal their identities.

    By • Aug. 20, 2024
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    This week in 5 numbers: Inside the online college marketplace

    We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from a survey of chief online learning officers to employee cuts at another public institution. 

    By • Aug. 16, 2024
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    3 Columbia employees resign amid texting scandal

    The officials had previously lost their titles over text exchanges that the institution's president said “touched on ancient antisemitic tropes.”

    By • Aug. 9, 2024
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    This week in 5 numbers: 2 Catholic universities in Iowa to combine

    We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from further consolidation in the sector to another college planning faculty cuts. 

    By • Aug. 9, 2024
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    Liberty University acquires Virginia Technical Institute’s educational components

    The move is meant to offer students shorter pathways to employment, the evangelical institution said last week.

    By • Aug. 5, 2024
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    How to talk about race in the classroom

    A college classroom should be a place where students and teachers try out new ideas.

    By Leah Newsom • Aug. 5, 2024
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    This week in 5 numbers: Valparaiso makes academic cuts

    We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from another university eliminating programs to the latest details of 2U’s bankruptcy.

    By • Aug. 2, 2024