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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Reynolds added that if the state had “provided the federal funding as requested and it was used to finance debt or other impermissible uses according to US Treasury guidelines, the state and taxpayers could have been liable for potential repayment to the federal government.” Is this diversity newsletter?

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More colleges will likely face closure in 2023, experts say

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The for-profit Living Arts College closed abruptly after the shutdown of the embattled Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges & Schools and blamed the federal government for its demise. Of those who re-enrolled, only about a third earned a credential, based on an analysis that examined college closures between 2004 and 2020.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In fall 2020, women represented 58 percent of undergraduates at degree-granting institutions nationwide, but 53 percent of assistant professors , 47 percent of associate professors and 35 percent of full professors. The survey was last administered in fall 2003, with earlier administrations in 1987, 1992 and 1998. Yet, at most U.S.

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This for-profit believes it’s being “targeted” by the government

University Business

The conflict between the federal government and GCU, one of the country’s largest Christian Universities in the nation, first began when it applied to be recognized as a non-profit to the Department of Education in 2019 to streamline its federal funding process. .” Feeling snubbed, GCU sued the Department in Jan.

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Indeed, the figure has declined by 15 percent since 2020. Staffing Does Stanford have more administrators than undergrads? Which university receives more taxpayer dollars from the federal government per student?” Many of my own students regard reading a book as too much of an effort. Former U.S.

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Social Security Offsets and Defaulted Student Loans (CFPB)

Higher Education Inquirer

8 The Social Security Administration calls the program one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in our nation's history. 67 Given the data findings above, such a request for relief from the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration on behalf of Social Security beneficiaries who have defaulted student loans could be justified.

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Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed: Strategies for Student Success and Employability: Changing Higher Education Podcast 157 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Kathryn Campbell and Dr. Zack Mabel

The Change Leader, Inc.

The study defines a good job as one that pays a minimum of around $38,000 in 2020 for workers younger than age 35. Colorado automatically grants associate’s degrees to these students instead of waiting for them to apply or for a college administrator to make them aware of the opportunity.