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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

The online university blamed other institutions’ adoption of online learning modalities at the onset of the pandemic for stripping away its enrollment base. Full-time student enrollment dropped 69% between 2017 and 2021. Year founded: 1946 University of the Arts (Penn.) Founded: 1938 Oak Point University (Ill.)

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Unions organizing in states that lack collective bargaining

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Public university employees in states lacking collective bargaining rights aren’t letting that exclude them from the current wave of union organizing and action in higher education. Since 2017, Barron said, UCW has expanded into 10 new states in the South and West. “And then also staff issues.

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The livelihood of some rural colleges depends on this 1 unlikely federal agency

University Business

Why does the Department of Agriculture now own the 60-acre tomb of a now-defunct, 181-year-old private university in rural southeast Iowa? million annual economic impact on southeast Iowa, according to a 2017 study conducted for the university by Hanover Research. The answer is more straightforward than you think.

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These 2 colleges avoided closings in March by merger, acquisition

University Business

We are committed to securing the best possible options for our students, faculty and staff and believe this merger with Villanova offers the best opportunity to ensure that the Rosemont College history and legacy endures.” Full-time student enrollment dropped 69% between 2017 and 2021. Year founded: 1997 Wells College (N.Y.)

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Reflections on 2018 and Predictions for 2019: with Drumm McNaughton | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 012

The Change Leader, Inc.

This also goes for boards of private universities. Negotiations with Faculty. We will begin to see higher ed leaders toughen their stance with faculty. This is up from 34% in 2017. Furthermore, two-thirds of CFOs at the privates say the same thing. Faculty Promotion and Tenure. This is huge.