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How colleges can start up a senior living community successfully
This model can benefit students and retirees while generating revenue for institutions — but only if done correctly.
By Lilah Burke • April 10, 2023 -
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Opinion // Merger WatchCannibalism as a way to increase enrollment
Colleges try to boost enrollment by recruiting students from other institutions, but it’s a declining pool, Ricardo Azziz argues.
By Ricardo Azziz • April 7, 2023 -
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Explore how universities are working to boost student outcomes by integrating remedial education, providing mental health tools and making education more accessible.
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Ripe for poaching: Will DeSantis’ higher ed policies drive out Florida faculty?
One university provost has already publicly promised to recruit Florida students and professors amid the state’s political strife.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 7, 2023 -
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Education Department proposes regulation that would block explicit bans on transgender athletes
In certain circumstances, however, federally funded schools would be able exclude transgender students from sports matching their gender identity.
By Naaz Modan • April 6, 2023 -
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Average full-time faculty pay fell 2.4% after inflation, AAUP finds
This is the third consecutive year wage growth fell below inflation, according to the faculty organization.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 6, 2023 -
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Job candidates struggle to add microcredentials to hiring platforms
Technology gaps could interfere with essential information about nondegree training, research from Northeastern University shows.
By Carolyn Crist • April 6, 2023 -
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Appeals court allows remaining Sweet v. Cardona loan forgiveness cases to move forward
Two for-profit institutions and one private nonprofit fought the $6 billion class-action settlement.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 5, 2023 -
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House Republicans press Education Department on colleges’ foreign gift reporting requirements
Virginia Foxx, chair of the House education committee, is demanding the agency detail how much it spends monitoring foreign donations and contracts.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 5, 2023 -
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House progressives say Biden administration should use executive power to curb for-profit college ‘predatory behavior’
The Congressional Progressive Caucus also wants the White House to withhold federal student aid from poorly performing institutions.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 5, 2023 -
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Sexual violence survivor groups ask Biden to ensure final Title IX rule comes in May
The Education Department said it will release its long-awaited regulation next month, but it’s also delayed publishing a draft version of the rule before.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 5, 2023 -
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North Carolina lawmakers ask UNC system for information on diversity-related trainings
Legislators want background and costs of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs from the current and last three fiscal years.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 4, 2023 -
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University of Vermont failed to investigate allegations of antisemitism, Ed Department finds
The university and its State Agricultural College agreed to improve discrimination response protocols, in a resolution agreement entered into with the Office for Civil Rights on Monday.
By Laura Spitalniak • April 3, 2023 -
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International applicants using the Common App increased by over a third
The biggest numbers came from China and India in the 2021-22 academic year, the organization reported.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 3, 2023 -
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Lindenwood University acquires Michigan-based for-profit vocational college
Lindenwood said the purchase is the first step toward future acquisitions and becoming a system that serves diverse educational needs.
By Laura Spitalniak • March 31, 2023 -
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Most Americans don’t see value in a four-year college degree, new survey finds
This matches trends in previous iterations of the Wall Street Journal-NORC poll, though the share of Americans skeptical of higher ed has grown.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 31, 2023 -
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville faculty object to potential acquisition of the University of Phoenix
The for-profit’s history of poor student outcomes is one reason the system should not go through with a purchase, the faculty senate said.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated March 31, 2023 -
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Number of Hispanic-serving institutions climbs to 571
New data from Excelencia in Education, a Latino advocacy group, also shows hundreds of colleges are on the cusp of earning the designation.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 31, 2023 -
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Florida university system approves new tenure policy, spurning faculty critics
The faculty union had argued new post-tenure reviews undercut academic freedom.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 30, 2023 -
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College applicants still aren’t submitting SAT, ACT scores at pre-pandemic levels
Only 4% of Common App’s member institutions required test scores for 2022-23, according to new data from the organization.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 30, 2023 -
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California attorney general complaint could shut down Olivet University
The evangelical college has run into legal trouble before, and is currently facing investigations over alleged money laundering and other crimes.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 29, 2023 -
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Iowa Wesleyan University to close at the end of the academic year
The private nonprofit institution attributed the decision to changing enrollment and the state’s governor refusal to provide federal pandemic aid funds.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 28, 2023 -
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Contingent faculty jobs are still the standard, AAUP report finds
Over two-thirds of faculty positions in fall 2021 did not offer a path to tenure.
By Laura Spitalniak • March 28, 2023 -
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If race-conscious admissions end, selective colleges would struggle to create diverse classes
A new Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce analysis comes ahead of the highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling on the issue.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 28, 2023 -
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First PhD program at a tribal college launches
Navajo Technical University, in New Mexico, is offering a doctorate in the culture and language of Diné, a Navajo word meaning “the people.”
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 27, 2023 -
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A Connecticut for-profit nursing college shut down abruptly. Now it’s facing two state investigations.
Stone Academy closed down all of its campuses last month, leaving students who want to finish their education in the lurch.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 27, 2023
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