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Pushing to No Longer Keep Meredith College a ‘Best-Kept Secret’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Spurred on by this interest in universities’ inner workings, Allen went on to eventually lead in an administrative capacity as senior vice president and provost at Widener University before returning to Meredith as its leader in July 2011. This return etched Allen all the more into the history of Meredith.

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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. This includes creating new means for retention.

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

million fundraising effort provided by over one thousand donations saved the school from closing last spring. Year founded: 2011 Goddard College (Vt.) With just nine majors in the 2024-25 school year, it cut over 75% of its majors, reduced enrollment to 350 students and let go of staff to raise revenue. A record $1.5

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President moves: Wave of retirements opens opportunity for new hires

University Business

Under McNulty’s tenure, the Christian liberal arts college saw applications hit a two-decade high, and endowment and fundraising levels doubled, TribLIVE reports. John Sygielski, president since 2011, is credited for increasing student retention rates by 6% and graduation rates by 11%, per WITF.

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How a Utah university boosted women's enrollment and retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As recently as 2011, for instance, 43 percent of UVU students were women, and the university noticed particularly high rates of women dropping out after their sophomore years. Seeking to address these disparities, UVU in 2011 created a Women’s Success Center.

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President moves: A narrow no-confidence vote results in this leader’s exit

University Business

His career as a higher education professor began in 2011, and his first role in a leadership and administration position began in 2015. One of his last tasks at the helm of Rider will be completing its $100 million comprehensive fundraising campaign. Retiring Gregory G. Dell’Omo – Rider University (N.J.)

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Surfacing and accelerating learning: introducing the Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Student Employment

The Award was piloted in 2011-12 and the beginning of our work on the Edinburgh Award was prompted in part by the development of Higher Education Achievement Reports (HEARs). We wanted to engage pro-actively with the HEAR and use it to benefit student learning from co- and extra-curricular activity.