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Watch for these 5 high-impact trends shaping higher education business in 2025

University Business

Mergers and acquisitions accelerate, making restructuring a major issue Well see a substantial uptick in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the year ahead, along with closures that force students and faculty to migrate to different institutions. increase in unionized faculty and a 133% surge in unionized GSEs since 2012.

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FAQ’s: Spring Semester Questions Regarding Housing Returner Process, Housing Availability, and Off-Campus Housing

The Student Affairs Blog

The Division of Student Affairs received some questions this spring centered around changes to returning student housing application process for 2024-25, general availability of on-campus housing for students, health and safety in the residence halls, and navigating the local off-campus housing market. Below are responses to those questions.

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A Call to Action: Higher Education Must Implement Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sense of Belonging/Acceptance Racially minoritized students who attend PWIs often report feelings of isolation, marginalization, lack of support, and exclusion from faculty and peers. For college students, the most likely SDOH were food insecurity, transportation, safety, social support, and housing (Nazmi et al.,

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” As the AAUP puts it: “US faculty are steadily losing the rights of tenure, but far less from bombastic politicians weakening their protections than from universities quietly refusing to grant them.” Within the Cal State system, the share of faculty who are in tenured or tenure track positions fell from 66.6

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The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 4: Student Issues

The Change Leader, Inc.

We at the Change Leader believe these factors include the changing demographics on campus, students prospects for future earnings, the possibility of dropping out, and campus safety, all of which are addressed here. When the economy tanked in 2008, predictably, young people decided it wasn’t the best time to have kids, he told EdSurge.