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Agriculture Department Attempts to Keep Rural Colleges and Universities Afloat

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In contrast, having a university nearby improves household income, high school graduation rates, and employment; and encourages local college-going, according to research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Iowa Wesleyan University, one school that the USDA has been aiding, has had an estimated $55.1

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

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Some of those mergers were huge ( Purdue acquiring Kaplan , Strayer acquiring Capella, National University System acquiring Northcentral ). In addition, 14 nonprofit universities closed and five merged while 36 public institutions merged or consolidated. This is up from 34% in 2017. What are they going to do?