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The college closings of 2024—and what lies beyond

University Business

While the acquisition’s timeline is subject to federal approvals, Northeastern plans to continue operating Marymount’s performing arts and prison education programs. Year founded: 2011 Goddard College (Vt.) Employees sued the university at least five times in the past four years due to breach of contract/employment.

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Lieberman Expected to Lead La Verne to Next Stage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Dr. Devorah Lieberman became president of University of La Verne in 2011, a private institution of approximately 8,000 students about 35 miles east of Los Angeles, she was in many ways seeing life come full circle. Tracks from undergraduate to graduate studies allowed students to see the career potential of various majors. “We

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

While the acquisition’s timeline is subject to federal approvals, Northeastern plans to continue operating Marymount’s performing arts and prison education programs. Year founded: 2011 Goddard College (Vt.) Employees sued the university at least five times in the past four years due to breach of contract/employment.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I believe that this was in the third grade when my district tested all of the children for inclusion in the gifted education programs. A mind is a terrible thing to waste (United Negro College Fund ), and a mind is a terrible thing to erase ( Ford, 2011 ). Middleton : My first encounter with test bias was in elementary school.

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Learning at the Edge with Louis Soares

Kay Peterson

Prior to ACE, Soares served as the Director of the Postsecondary Education Program and fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP), a premier Washington, DC-based think tank and also as Director of Business and Workforce Development under Rhode Island Governor Donald L.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

EAB

More than 50% of incarcerated adults attempt to participate in educational opportunities provided through prison resources while incarcerated, and 79% report interest in education programs. for the 2011 cohort, and high of 53.8% read the blog: Pell eligibility for incarcerated students 5. rate in 2020.

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Pros and Cons of Higher Ed Mergers and Alliances: with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Ricardo Azziz | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 031

The Change Leader, Inc.

Let’s take a look… In the summer of 2011, conversations began with the Governors office about potential mergers. Mergers should be undertaken to improve student education, programs, and experiences. What are the pros and cons of Higher Ed Mergers and Alliances? The primary drivers should not be financial.