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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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    Enrollment and Retention

    A look at the pandemic's continuing impact on enrollment and how colleges can ensure students stay on course.

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
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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
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    Only 36% of adults say higher education is ‘fine how it is,’ survey finds

    Although respondents flagged issues with college affordability, the majority said they think postsecondary education provides a good return on investment. 

    By • Aug. 1, 2024
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    Education Department reverses course on batch FAFSA corrections

    The change could increase colleges’ administrative burden and leave some students without financial aid this fall, one industry association said.

    By • July 31, 2024
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    Valparaiso to eliminate over 2 dozen academic programs

    The private Indiana university will also cut faculty positions as part of the downsizing but did not specify how many.

    By • July 30, 2024
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    Workers with 4-year degrees will hold most good jobs in 2031, report predicts

    Georgetown University researchers expect 15 million more good jobs will be created for workers with bachelor’s diplomas in the decade following 2021.

    By • July 30, 2024
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    This week in 5 numbers: Inside the complex world of tuition discounting

    We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from a look at ever-rising college sticker prices to higher education policy trends coming down the pike.

    By • July 26, 2024
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    This week in numbers: Dickinson State president to step down after nursing faculty exits

    We’re rounding up our top recent stories, from the fallout of a mass resignation at Dickinson State to the growing legal victories against the new Title IX rule.

    By • July 19, 2024
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    ACT to shorten exam time and make science portion optional

    The changes come after the College Board cut the SAT's run time earlier this year.

    By • July 17, 2024
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    This week in numbers: 3 Columbia administrators stripped of titles

    We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from employees losing their positions over text exchanges to an abrupt for-profit college closure. 

    By • July 12, 2024
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    With thermal energy tech, Emerson College aims to decarbonize 100% of its heating

    The technology will be integrated into the institution’s building management systems without requiring upgrades, retrofits or additional investments. 

    By Nish Amarnath • July 11, 2024
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    Johns Hopkins to cover tuition for most medical students after $1B gift

    Almost two-thirds of the university's current and incoming students will qualify following the donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies.

    By • July 8, 2024
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    This week in 5 numbers: Columbia employees placed on leave

    We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from a leaked text exchange among administrators to more colleges breaching debt requirements. 

    By • June 28, 2024
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    3 Columbia University employees placed on leave after leaked text exchanges

    A university investigation comes after photos emerged of four administrators reportedly texting about a panel on Jewish student life.

    By • June 24, 2024